'Gen Z doesn't accept entitlement': Manish Tewari on youth-led protests in South Asia; BJP links it to 'ultimate nepo kid' Rahul Gandhi

It began with a post on X on September 23 morning by Tewari about protests led by young men and women in India's neighbourhood having toppled regimes in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and most recently in Nepal; and the ongoing protests in the Philippines.

"Entitlement is no longer acceptable to Gen X, Y, Z," the Lok Sabha member from Chandigarh wrote as part of the post. He purportedly signalled that he would soon write about “The Social Media Trends that toppled or are challenging ‘Dynasts'”.

BJP's IT cell head Amit Malviya picked on this in less than an hour.

Malviya characterised Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi as the "ultimate nepo kid of Indian politics" and Tewari's post as "revolt is now from within". This has two-pronged context. One, that Rahul comes from a family lineage of politics. Two, Tewari has over the years taken stances different from his party's on many issues, including most recently with his participation in the Narendra Modi government's global outreach after Opreation Sindoor against Pakistan. Shashi Tharoor is the other prominent Congress leader among this lot.