Video summary
The video documents a massive gathering of young people and students at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, marking what appears to be one of the largest crowds seen by the city in over two decades. Although the area looks deserted later in the day after police intervention, the morning scene was filled with energy as thousands assembled under various organizational banners for the first time. This unprecedented turnout highlights a significant surge in student activism and public engagement that has not been witnessed recently in Delhi's history.
The protest movement originated from anger over the NEET paper leak issue but quickly evolved into a broader demonstration against government institutions, fueled by viral social media memes like "Cockroach Janata Party." A central figure in this struggle was Sonam Manchuk, who supported the cause through an indefinite hunger strike and is currently under medical monitoring at Shabdjan Hospital. His wife has publicly expressed her desire for his immediate release from custody and treatment of her choice, reflecting a deep loss of faith among participants in existing government bodies while emphasizing that the movement successfully brought its message to millions across the country.
Despite heavy security measures taken by authorities, including closing all four doors of Parliament and deploying police barricades up to ten feet high, students managed to breach these obstacles multiple times before being detained or pushed back. The climax of the event was a historic march toward Parliament that had not occurred in recent years, demonstrating an intense level of student rage and determination. However, after sustained forceful action by law enforcement led to the dispersal of protesters and the eventual vacating of Jantar Mantar, it remains uncertain whether this specific phase of the movement will continue or change form moving forward.
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Hello, welcome to the news. As
you can see, Jantar Mantar is behind. But the
picture that was there in the morning was that not only
Jantar Mantar but all the roads around it were
filled with people, youth and students. There was a
kind of flood of people and I think in the last one
and a half to two decades, Delhi has
hardly seen such a crowd of youth and students.
Because the way the students had
gathered everywhere, they were
definitely in the name of different organizations and under different banners,
but there were many students who had
become part of a demonstration for the first time. So now
when you are looking at this situation, it
appears completely deserted to you. But it was a buzzing
morning. But by 5:00 in the evening, ah
from 4:00 to 5:00, the way the police
used force at many places and the
way the students marched
towards the Parliament, which was their
call of 'Sansad Chalo' and the
way the entire
movement started from the very beginning [nasal sound] against the NEET paper leak.
A social media meme was created in the name of Cockroach Janata Party. The meme then became so
popular that millions of people across the country
saw it and after that, from the 21st, the way the
fast and protest started and the
way Sonam Manchuk supported this entire
movement and he himself
sat on an indefinite hunger strike and even now
he is under the monitor in Shabdjan Hospital.
His wife is talking continuously.
He no longer has faith in any government institution.
She said in clear words that she
wants her husband or Sonam to be released from there
and they should be treated wherever she wants.
But did the movement win or
lose? This is the biggest question. The
movement continued for so many days, so many people did it. The most
important thing in this movement is
whether it can convey its issue to the people
? So this movement was completely
successful in that. The way the
people associated with it and the students
reached here in large numbers and
they took this movement to every corner of the country. The
second
[nasal sound] march to Parliament today,
this movement has
come as close to Parliament as it has hardly come in the last few
years or in recent years or decades.
[Cheering voice]
They had put in place complete security and all the
four doors of the Parliament were closed as a
security precaution. Despite that, when it was seen that the
students were not going back, first Abhijeet
Deepak was detained and the rest of the leaders were
removed from here and after that,
police and forcefulness were used on the students at many places
and the way the students were
attacked and pushed aside at many places,
the way they were removed and the
way this entire movement ended after that, no
one knows what will be the form of the movement now, right now at the
time we are talking it is
5:00 in the evening, no one knows what will happen
next, but the current situation is that
Jantar Mantar has been completely vacated,
but one important question is that the anger and rage in the minds of the students was
openly
seen on the streets today, the students broke the many layers
of barricades of 10-10 feet height of Delhi Police,
then the way they
moved forward and reached the Parliament, this shows
what kind of anger the students and the youth are in, that's all for
now, keep watching,
thank you very much for the news