"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.