Protests against RSS school for not teaching Punjabi

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"You are cutting the roots." A group of protesters stormed into an RSS school, raising complaints about the alleged neglect of the Punjabi language. Here's the full story...

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00:00Does the government want the Punjabis to die?

00:03No one wants that.

00:16You are saying that the problem is not with the Punjabis.

00:19Let's go and ask the Javakka.

00:30I am the Javakka.

00:41You are saying that the Punjabi language should be stopped,

00:44and that the Punjabi language should be written in Hindi.

00:50Which law says that?

00:52The 15th of January.

00:53Who are the scholars that teach the Punjabi language?

00:57Why are you breaking the rules of RSS here at the school?

01:00There are two points to look at.

01:03The first point is that we are breaking the rules of RSS.

01:09The school is a school of the Vidya Party.

01:12The system that the Vidya Party has set,

01:16it goes according to the system.

01:22The principal is sitting here.

01:24What is your name?

01:25I am going there today.

01:27I am going to read a book on Punjabi.

01:29Read and tell me about Punjabi.

01:30Have you studied Punjabi?

01:31I have not studied it.

01:32You have not?

01:33No.

01:35Tell me, are you aware of the rules of the school?

01:37The school is a school of the Vidya Party.

01:40The system that the Vidya Party has set,

01:43it goes according to the system.

01:45Which law says that?

01:46The 15th of January.

01:47Who are the scholars that teach the Punjabi language?

01:50Why are you breaking the rules of RSS here at the school?

01:54The school is a school of the Vidya Party.

01:56The system that the Vidya Party has set,

01:58it goes according to the system.

02:00Have you studied Punjabi?

02:02I have not studied it.

02:03You have not?

02:04No.

02:04I eat Punjabi food, I live in Punjab,

02:07but I can't speak Punjabi.

02:08Let me speak.

02:17He will sit with the management,

02:18with the deputy,

02:20and the parents' committee will sit together and talk.

02:30Does the government want the Punjabi to die?

02:33No one wants it.

02:34Why are you doing a passport?

02:35Stop eating food from here.

02:38This is Punjabi, this is Punjabi.

02:41This is our mother tongue.

02:42We have spent 6 months in jail for speaking Punjabi.

02:44No one eats food from here.

02:46This is not Punjabi.

02:59It is forbidden to speak Punjabi in the school.

03:02This is completely wrong.

03:03This is a school of the CPSC.

03:05And the CPSC does not allow

03:08a person from any state

03:11to become a principal in our state.

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