‘Now or never’: Students defy Delhi lockdown to march on India’s parliament
- After two days of preparations, 18-year-old Anshuka Ruth Das set out early on Monday with a mission: To reach the Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of India’s capital, New Delhi.
- Joined by a group of friends, the student from Gurugram carried placards hidden inside a paper bag demanding sweeping reforms to India’s education system and an end to alleged corruption in national examinations.
- The young women were among the thousands who answered the call of the Cockroach Janta Party, or Cockroach People’s Party (CJP), a new youth-led movement that has emerged as a major challenge to the govern
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- After two days of preparations, 18-year-old Anshuka Ruth Das set out early on Monday with a mission: To reach the Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of India’s capital, New Delhi.
- Joined by a group of friends, the student from Gurugram carried placards hidden inside a paper bag demanding sweeping reforms to India’s education system and an end to alleged corruption in national examinations.
- The young women were among the thousands who answered the call of the Cockroach Janta Party, or Cockroach People’s Party (CJP), a new youth-led movement that has emerged as a major challenge to the govern
Sources: Al Jazeera