So, finally, the cockroaches succeeded, and the government had to bow down to Gen Z. The unthinkable has happened. The aura of invincibility has dissolved. Democracy has been restored, even if only for some time. And now we see an accountable government, but the government is severely brutalised, its hubris maligned, and the cult of the Prime Minister shattered. The anger had been brewing for a long time. The task that the Opposition could not accomplish has been completed with distinction by students. This should make the Opposition think about why they do not have the kind of goodwill required to make the government accountable. And the government should consider why students and youth, who saw Modi as a messiah in 2014 and elected him Prime Minister with a massive mandate, are now disappointed and disillusioned.

If we think that this anger is transitory, momentary and temporary, then we are all wrong. Anger of such magnitude does not arise in a day; it had been accumulating for a long time, bit by bit, and finally burst out as the youth grew frustrated with the criminal indifference and passivity of the entire system.

This is a warning signal for the BJP. Unlike the Anna movement in 2011, it was not against the entire political establishment but against the present government. During the Anna movement, the demand was for the creation of a Lokpal law to make India corruption-free. Protesters did not demand the resignation of a particular minister. They envisioned corruption as a systemic problem, not an isolated issue. And in 2014,........

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