Mumbai, July 21 -- Sounding the alarm bells against soaring authoritarianism, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MLA Aaditya Thackeray has launched a blistering attack on both the central and state governments.
The fierce condemnation comes in the wake of a savage police crackdown on youth, students, and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who have been peacefully demonstrating at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, alongside heavy-handed detentions of peaceful protesters in Mumbai.
Thackeray invoked grim historical parallels to characterise the state's aggressive response to democratic dissent.
''The savage lathi-charge unleashed by police on students on the streets of Delhi yesterday was far more horrific than the atrocities witnessed during the British e...