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Do you see this as some sort of a tipping point in this protest, this kind of forceful state intervention? Yes, it's an important turning point, which I believe will actually strengthen this movement. Every single trick that this government has played has proven to be counterproductive. They thought that they can give them this stage, lionize them and say, all right, you know, you do it. And you would remember so many people said there is some little conspiracy of BJP and others and so on. Because behind that was a strategy. The BJP's strategy was to tire them out and to let the movement fizzle out. It did not work. Exactly the opposite happened. It gained momentum. Even when the entire mainstream media of this country failed, the movement turned into a media itself. it gained public traction. The government got panicky and hence the step that they have taken this morning, which is a panic reaction. Sonam Vangchuk's vitals were not down, but the government's vitals were down. And that's why they did what they have done. And to my mind, the only consequence of this can be that their movement would spread. Once you suppress something, it spreads.