They came from several states – students, some still in school, who had skipped classes or slipped away without telling their parents to be at Jantar Mantar on July 20. Many were teenagers. Some had lost a year to NEET preparation, some had watched siblings fall into depression after the exam, one had lost his brother to suicide.
What brought them, and many like them, together at Jantar Mantar on Monday was a single demand: the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
