Aishe Ghosh laments silence of society over abrogation of Article 370.

NEW DELHI -- Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President Aishe Ghosh has said that had the society raised its voice against the scrapping of Article 370, the Indians wouldn't have to see the day.

Ghosh, who was injured in an attack by masked assailants on students on the campus of JNU in Delhi on January 5, was speaking at a panel discussion on `Students as the Vanguard' in Mumbai.

'The first attack on our Constitution was when Article 370 was removed in Kashmir. Had we raised our voice then, we would not have had to see this day,' she said, referring to the current situation in India.

'This is not the fight of only students and they cannot end it alone, but they are hoping that every section of society will rise and fight together,' Ghosh said.

'Why do we have to wait for a student to die, to commit suicide, to be killed? Or for an Aishe Ghosh to be hit by an iron rod? This is not just a fight only for students,' she said.

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