Mahatma Gandhi’s political ideas are proving to be difficult to bury. The farmers’ mahapanchayats being held across north India in defiance of Section 144 are 21st century examples of civil disobedience. The principle of Satyagraha has been advocated not just during the farmers’ agitation but also during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) movement before it. What’s particularly interesting is that they (Gandhian ideas) have re-emerged despite consistent rejection of Gandhi’s ideas from all streams of post-Independence Indian political thought.