‘Here for our children’: parents flock to CJP protest site on last day
Today, when we heard he had resigned, we rushed here to celebrate,” Mr. Salman said, as a protester distributed “Melody” chocolates to the children.He added that his eldest son had urged them to attend. “Paper leak nahi hona chahiye,” said Mohammad Saad, 11.Similar scenes were witnessed on earlier days as well.Around 11 p.m. on Friday, Kanchan, 34, a make-up artist from Karol Bagh, came with her three-year-old son, dressed as a doctor with a stethoscope around his neck.“It is my second day here.
- ▪Today, when we heard he had resigned, we rushed here to celebrate,” Mr.
- ▪Salman said, as a protester distributed “Melody” chocolates to the children.He added that his eldest son had urged them to attend.
- ▪“Paper leak nahi hona chahiye,” said Mohammad Saad, 11.Similar scenes were witnessed on earlier days as well.Around 11 p.m. on Friday, Kanchan, 34, a make-up artist from Karol Bagh, came with her three-year-old son, dressed as a doctor with
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Amid the sea of students and placards at Jantar Mantar, some of the youngest faces were children barely two years old, perched on their parents’ shoulders or walking while clutching their fingers.For many parents, joining the protest was both an act of defiance and a demand for a better future for their children.On Saturday evening, after news broke of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, Salman, 35, arrived at the protest site with his three children, the youngest a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter.“We were following the movement but couldn’t come as we have three children. Today, when we heard he had resigned, we rushed here to celebrate,” Mr.
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