Originally posted by: Clochette
It could very well be that your premise is wrong... Sonam was forcefully transported into a hospital and forcefully treated... even a star like Salman was brought in to plead Sonam to end the fast (which already got ended through forced medical monitoring). The minister and Sonam drinking out of a cup was for show... once his fast got forcefully interrupted, this honest man was pressurised to make this photo...
You rightly think that the protest was hijacked but you are wrong about the hijackers... this was ordered by the home minister... unemployed men and gangs (only men!) got payed to bring violence (stone throwing, e.g.), police officers got the order to display physical force, prepared officer-dummies (allegedly blessed) got put in official vans... messages to the media got prepared, etc. etc.
But okay, everybody has the right to believe the version of events which suits the own well-being...
Why would a Youth mouvement destroy its own rule of non-violence??? It would not be in their interest... but it would be very much in the interest of corrupt political leaders.
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