"My Request...": Jailed Kerala Journalist's Daughter's Speech Is Viral
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In her little over two-minute-long speech, Mehnaz also spoke about violence on the basis of religion and politics and said that the same should be "rooted out with love and unity".
A video of the nine-year-old daughter of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan -- charged and jailed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the Hathras conspiracy case -- talking about "freedom and rights of the ordinary citizens" during the Independence Day celebrations at her school has gone viral on social media.
"I am the daughter of a journalist who has been put behind bars, by being denied the basic civil rights available to all Indian citizens," Mehnaz is heard saying in her speech at her school on Monday.
In her little over two-minute-long speech, Mehnaz also spoke about violence on the basis of religion and politics and said that the same should be "rooted out with love and unity".
Every Indian, she said, has the choice to decide what to speak, eat or which religion to profess. All this is possible due to the struggles and sacrifices of freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh and countless others, she added.
