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CJP Protest: Lathi in the Morning, Party at Night? India's Gen-Z on the Ground

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A ground report from Jantar Mantar captures India's Gen-Z student protests over education issues, including the NEET controversy, the demand for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, and alleged police brutality. Protesters, many from outside Delhi, describe their anger, their hopes, and the surprising sense of community and safety they have found on the streets.

[00:22]
Why Dharmendra Pradhan won't resign

A masked woman says the education minister refuses to quit because he has PM Modi's support and loves power. She claims the government doesn't care about students' futures or deaths.

[01:21]
Judges praised, media dismissed

The woman says judges finally 'shook everything' after months of inaction, while she calls ruling-party media a 'lapdog' spreading rumours. She calls the protesting youth the country's real heroes.

[02:03]
Celebrities stay silent

When asked about Aamir Khan and accountability, she says celebrities have 'reached a certain level' and love their own comforts, so they don't care about local ground realities.

[02:43]
Message to parents: your children are safe

A girl who has been protesting for four days urges guardians to let kids join, saying the protesters support each other and she has faced no harm.

[03:12]
Safer in Delhi for the first time

A woman who has lived in Delhi for 15 years says she has never felt as safe as she does at Jantar Mantar, crediting the educated protesters with respecting women.

[03:53]
Police lathi charge horror

She describes police on the 20th lathi-charging protesters, attacking the private parts of girls, tearing their clothes, and says she has never seen worse behaviour from those meant to protect.

[04:35]
Satirical appeal to Meloni

Protesters jokingly ask Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to take PM Modi back to her country, saying even a lover would do anything for his beloved — so Meloni should make him resign.

[06:20]
Repeated lathi charges against students

A competitive student says lathi charges have happened in BPSC protests, Bihar movements, and the UP Education Selection Commission, and no LT/TGT cut-offs have been released.

[08:14]
NEET scam creates quack doctors

The president of the doctor wing says if doctors qualify NEET by paying money, they remain quacks and are unfit for clinics, dispensaries, or hospitals — putting public health at risk.

[11:28]
Bihari strength on the ground

A 17-year-old from Bihar says one Bihari is stronger than a hundred people, and Biharis keep the crowd united and prevent rioting. He survived on biscuits and night-outs to support the movement.

[12:22]
Infiltration concern

A protester says some people spreading negative comments are trying to 'spoil the protest', possibly outsiders, and asks them to think about their own children and sisters.

[14:00]
Brave children on footpaths

Reporter Asad says he meets new courageous young people daily, including 19-year-old Shweta sleeping on a footpath near Janpad lane with unknown boys for two days. He quotes a couplet: 'A labourer never takes sleeping pills.'

[15:30]
Why this generation shook the country

Asad argues that when oppression reaches its peak, the rebellion comes back stronger. Compared to the Anna movement era, this generation's energy is more intense.

[16:18]
Slippery-slope fear of resignation

He suggests the PM isn't sacking Pradhan because taking responsibility for one minister would open the floodgates for demands on jobs, reservations, railway website fixes, and more.

[17:11]
Education makes men better and women safer

Protesters say women feel safe because educated men think better; the education movement is for everyone's benefit — children, the elderly, and society as a whole.

The Jantar Mantar protests are more than a demand for one resignation — they reflect a generation that has lost trust in the education system and police, yet found strength in solidarity. The protestors' mix of raw anger, humour, and determination suggests that Gen Z will keep pushing for systemic accountability.

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According to the woman, why hasn't Dharmendra Pradhan resigned?

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Because he has PM Modi's support and loves power; he doesn't care about students' education.

00:51

What did the woman say police did on the 20th?

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Lathi-charged protesters, attacked the private parts of girls, and tore their clothes.

03:53

What is the 'Meloni' joke in the protest?

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Protesters ask Italian PM Giorgia Meloni to take PM Modi with her, since even a lover would do anything for his beloved.

04:35

According to the doctor-wing president, what happens if a doctor qualifies NEET by paying money?

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He will remain a quack, unfit for clinic, dispensary, or hospital, and patients' health will be ruined.

08:14

Why does the reporter think the PM won't make Dharmendra Pradhan resign?

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Because taking responsibility for Pradhan would open the door to other demands: jobs, reservations, and even railway website fixes.

16:18

Who is Shweta?

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A 19-year-old girl from the protest who slept on the footpath in the market near Janpad lane with unknown boys for two days.

14:16

What example of student sacrifice did the reporter share?

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Students travel 200–1000 km in general compartments and sleep on roads; a couplet says a labourer never needs sleeping pills.

14:46

What comparison did the reporter make with the Anna movement?

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The earlier generation saw the Anna movement, but this generation's protest is more intense because oppression has reached its peak.

15:45

💡 Key Takeaways

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Police brutality testimony

An eye-witness account of lathi charge and physical assault on women protesters — the core grievance driving the demand for accountability.

03:53
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NEET scam undermines healthcare

Paying for exam qualification is framed as producing quack doctors, connecting exam fraud directly to public health risks.

08:14
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Oppression fuels rebellion

The reporter explains Generation Z's intensity as a direct response to peak oppression, a classic cycle of resistance.

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Education improves safety

Protesters argue that education creates respect for women and a safer society, giving the movement a deeper social purpose.

17:11

[00:04] coming then come wearing running suits, we will have to run a lot and I am also running now. run a lot and I am also running now.

[00:22] what is this your poster, first tell me what is this poster and why is there something behind this mask that you are wearing, ma'am, I have done this because today nothing is happening with Modi ji, so let us time travel to 2050 [laughter]

[00:36] and make Modi ji a heroin and take his resignation from there and from there we come back to 26, yes, but tell me, according to you, why is Dharmendra Pradhan not resigning, he just has the support of Modi ji, that's why he is not resigning. He

[00:51] loves power, doesn't he? They do not care about children's education, whether children are dying or whether the future of our students is getting ruined. They have nothing to do with them. only love their power and that is why they are sitting here. Otherwise he would have given a diverted and retaliated

[01:07] answer. At least they are talking but they are not doing anything. He just loves his power and he is sitting there. Ok. Many people tell me that the judges are a very lazy generation. They don't do anything. And today we are seeing that the

[01:21] judge has completely shaken everything. You see, from all the sleeping you've done for so many days and a month, you must have known what Genji can do. The act which no one else did has been done by our judges. So this is what he says, Judge is nothing.

[01:33] It is their lapdog media which keeps spreading rumours and supporting them and otherwise, but these are our youth, our real heroes who will do something big for our country in the times to come. Please also tell me that many people are

[01:50] demanding accountability, why are they not speaking to the Bollywood stars only? Aamir Khan said that if they had demanded gold then I did not know them, then are they accountable? No no, these celebrities do not care about what is happening

[02:03] on our local ground, they do not care about it because they have already reached a certain level ma'am and they love their things, they do ma'am and they love their things, they do

[02:16] they are not responding because they love their own things. Absolutely. So that's absolutely it. And many children want to come here. But their parents say that it is not safe to go. Isn't it

[02:29] ? So if their children want to show a video to their parents saying that let them go or it is safe here, then what message would you like to give them? I would tell every guardian to feel free to

[02:43] send every child here. Being a girl, I have been coming here every day for the last four days and I am not facing any harm here. So you must send your children. They are safe and secure here. All the children here are supporting each other.

[02:58] So you do n't need to sell at all. Feel free to send them here. He will be absolutely safe here. Have felt so safe in Delhi before? No, no, never did. Now listen,

[03:12] ma'am, being a lady, I would like to remove my mask and say that I have been living in Delhi for the last 15 years and for the first time, I feel as safe here as I did, I have never felt safe anywhere else in the entire Delhi NCR.

[03:27] environment here different or has some other issue changed? No, all the youth here are educated people. So they know how to respect being a girl,

[03:39] people and everything because they are educated, those who do not know education, they go and do such dirty acts and today whatever our police is doing, you saw what they did on 20th, there was no such thing as humanity in them.

[03:53] He did nothing. Neither did I see a boy nor a girl, I did whatever I wanted with whom I wanted, I lathi-charged them, attacked the private parts of girls, I don't know what all I did, I tore their clothes, I have never seen anything worse than this, I mean our

[04:07] police, whom we consider our safety and security, have done the most filthy act and the youth here have supported each other, so ji says, they will leave the country, resignation is not a big thing

[04:23] [Music] Hey hey Melody ji, at least do this much, Hey hey Melody ji, at least do this much, not this much Melony, hey, tell this to Melody only, Melony ji, at least do this much, friend, have mercy on so many people,

[04:35] mercy on so many people, take them to your country by any means, brother, I have ruined the country, what is the problem with this gentleman, brother, we have brought Melody here, first of all tell me, everyone is coming to you,

[04:48] give Melody to us too, give us too, why have you brought us, we have come to give this message, what message, we have come to give this message, we have come with Melody What doesn't he do? What does a person not do in love? Our

[05:02] children's heads are broken. Our children were dragged on the ground, beaten, and drenched in blood. Hey, you can't do anything for the love of your countrymen. So do it for Melodo's sake. She is your girlfriend, your beloved. What does not a lover do

[05:18] for his beloved? Hey, do it for him only. Free this country. We do n't need a leader who will put the future of our children at stake. Today, how our children were brutally beaten and beaten. He was not shown any mercy. He has

[05:35] no pain in his heart at all. What kind of person is he? Is this a stone? You tell me this. Are? This is our message. This is what we have to say to every person. Now we do we have to say to every person. Now we do not want such a government. We need a government like this

[05:50] which understands our pain. Understand the pain of our children. Today we educate children. What kind of circumstances teach? We sell our houses, properties and everything. I am feeding the swans. Ca n't you say a few words about the children?

[06:04] Well, you could have just said that children, we will improve the education system. If we improve the education system with our honesty, wo improve the education system. If we improve the education system with our honesty, wo lathi charge has been done on children then how bad is the behavior? I am also a competitive

[06:20] student. There is no cut off for LT grade. No cut off for TGT has been released. In BPSC, when BPSC students protested, they were lathi charged.

[06:32] In Bihar, when they joined the movement in Education Commission, Education Selection Commission in UP, lathi charge was done. Neither girls nor children nor anyone is seen. Brother, what kind of government are you? No, I will at least pay some attention to the children.

[06:49] We are the ones who sacrifice for our children all the time. Our children die all the time. Our children consume poison and are hanged. What kind of a person are you? Today we made a mistake. We formed the government on

[07:01] whose strength. It was on our strength that the government was formed. What if we had not voted for you today? If we were not ruling this country, we are the ones who rule today. We have made you so great, so bright. You are not understanding our pain. Where are

[07:16] You are not understanding our pain. Where are you? Come forward. The way we are fighting, mothers come on the road. You are the Prime Minister of such a big country. So listen to the cries of the mothers. The way their children have been beaten up, they should get

[07:30] justice or not. Now he will leave India. Earlier he used to say that I have come with a bag, I will go abroad with a bag. He will

[07:46] resign from that country and go [laughs] and by befriending that person, he will become spoilt. Hey, the one who doesn't understand right or wrong. Who has never picked up a pen. We made him sit on the throne. Now that Dharmendra Pradhan has become the Prime Minister, he is

[08:00] considering himself no less than the Prime Minister. I am a doctor myself. I am also the President of the Doctor Wing. What is the point of raising hands on doctors ? He raised his hand against my colleagues on the 20th. I was present here and think one thing for yourselves, all of you,

[08:14] if any doctor goes to the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of AYUSH, if he qualifies the NEET paper by paying money, then what kind of doctor will he become, your health will be completely ruined, whether

[08:26] doctor or Ayurvedic doctor, he will remain like a quack, no matter what degree he has, he will neither be fit to sit in a clinic, nor in a dispensary, nor in a hospital, then what will happen to your health?

[08:41] Instead of the kidney, the heart will be removed in one go, neither will you survive nor will you be able to raise your voice. But the kidneys will keep you alive but the heart will not. Will your dictatorship not work? Will it not work?

[08:54] Your dictatorship will not work, it will not work. Your dictatorship will not work, it will not work. Do you guys think that if Meloni ji says so, he will resign? Hey, if Meloni ji says so, she will give it to me. What's the big deal about resignation? Then there's the

[09:09] little thing [cheering sound]. He will leave us and go away. He had already said that we have brought a bag. I will take the bag and leave. Milody should get ready.

[09:21] He left the country. We are asking Milody to get ready in any way possible. again and again. I am telling Milodi that brother, you should

[09:36] settle this matter by giving and taking something because he is not going to listen to me like this [screaming voice]. So you tell Meloni ji, Meloni ji please tell me friend. Hey, Meloni, at least not that much [laughs] Hey, tell that to Meloni.

[09:50] Meloni ji, at least you should do this much, friend. Have mercy on so many people. friend. Have mercy on so many people. I have sent the country away. That's correct. You said it absolutely right. Today

[10:05] we have chosen our country. What we have done today is a burden on us because burden on us because we have handed over the country to them. Today it fell on us. we have handed over the country to them. Today it fell on us.

[10:18] giving him the country. What could be a greater sorrow than this? In our family, we ourselves want our children to get married. May you children prosper and prosper. We married. May you children prosper and prosper. We gave it to him to build the country.

[10:31] district of Bihar. It has been almost two days since I came here. I am right here. I am sleeping here at the food part and I don't know if anyone will give me food. I mean, whoever is giving it, I feel that he is doing it very well. Meaning, it should be known that it is going on for a

[10:46] someone is giving food. No one knows this. The person who is giving it seems to be doing it for the No one knows this. The person who is giving it seems to be doing it for the and all the boys who have come here, whatever protests the students are doing,

[10:59] they are doing it for their future and for all their brothers, children and sisters. Exactly, and for all their brothers, children and sisters. Exactly, Biharis have come, so you tell me

[11:15] what difference will it make if Biharis come to this protest, what energy does Bihari bring, like any person from Bihar who comes alone is stronger than 100, like this crowd, if we want alone, we can unite the whole, that is, I will keep everyone

[11:28] together and no one allows anyone to riot, that is it, and Biharis have a different kind of opportunity which you can see, people must have seen it, just are Biharis stronger than everyone, in

[11:41] a way, they are heavier because I am also from Bihar, I am also 17 years old, I came from Bihar and stayed up all night eating biscuits, then after coming here, whatever time and however much time I am spending, I am

[11:55] giving all this here for all the children of the future who are coming, and many people are saying here that the protesters are Have they come to have fun or are the protesters not real students, so what message would you like to give them

[12:09] that they are making false allegations, no, there is nothing like that, look at what they are saying, it does not seem to me that they have come to protest in a good way, whatever they are saying right now, it seems to me that they have come to

[12:22] spoil the protest, they may be from so far away, from somewhere or even local, I do not know right now, but whoever they are, they are all creating riots, I apologize to them on my behalf, I am saying that you people sir, do not do this, whatever it is,

[12:36] suppose your children also came here, you too have a sister or sister, if you write the paper once, twice, thrice, four times, then whoever their parents are, they will get them married and will say that son, I cannot give you so much time, this is the reason why

[12:51] we have come here to ensure that no child, be it anyone's that no child, be it anyone's brother, should endure all this you. Hopefully, you will get justice and the demands you are making will be fulfilled. Absolutely ma'am, so much

[13:06] time, so much crowd is here, you all are seeing, all of you have come here for this only, no, to ensure that we get success in whatever is happening, we have been brought from so far, let's say anyone here, properly no one will be from Delhi

[13:20] here, properly no one will be from Delhi like Gujarat, Punjab, no one, even the brothers will be from Punjab and all the brothers who will be from Punjab, they will be from anywhere or they will be from Delhi or will be locals here, I mean it doesn't seem to me

[13:32] that anyone is from here properly, I mean a mix of all our states, it is the eighth state, the 28th state, people from all over the state are coming here and giving their full time, so Asad is with us and his videos of

[13:47] you have made so many videos here, the essence of social media, whether negative or positive, what have you understood from it,

[14:00] trying to understand every day because every day someone or the other is We find a young child who gives us so much courage. Yesterday I met a girl, she is 19 years old. Her name is Shweta. Thank you very much friend. So, they were sleeping somewhere on the footpath behind, from

[14:16] here the road goes towards the Janpad lane, on the footpath of the market where it is located. And brother, unknown people, unknown boys, for the last two days she has been

[14:30] sleeping there with those five-seven boys. Whoever wakes up in the morning, takes a sleep of two-four hours, then protests and then goes back to sleep there. not understand what the meaning of that couplet is? Yesterday I understood the meaning of a couplet. Bade is a

[14:46] poet. He has a lion. They are saying that he sleeps by spreading a newspaper on the footpath. A laborer never takes sleeping pills. Same brother, from where do you get such hardworking children, I mean 200 km. 250 km 1000 km They do not have reserved seats by arranging from far away. They are

[15:02] 1000 km They do not have reserved seats by arranging from far away. They are sleeping on the road after entering the general compartment. So these new people are being found every day. Courage is increasing every day. Better people are being found every day. So this is the strength.

[15:15] So this is the strength. Those people who are working hard at that level and these people who are coming and strengthening it further. Brother, I am watching it every day. The number happy as if I have found something. Of

[15:30] what is different between this generation and the other generations ? What is there in this generation that they shook the entire country? I will tell you. See, the more the oppression reaches its peak, the stronger the rebel comes back. This is the same

[15:45] thing. The people who were there before this, people like us, people of my age, in our time, Anna movement and all those things that happened, at that time we tried to suppress it as much as the people who were in power at that time or whoever were there could. This

[16:02] 's generation is opposing it. The reason why his method is so crazy is because he has put in so much energy this time. Isn't it? that it. Absolutely. According to you, why has the current government not been able to take resignation till now?

[16:18] Why not Dharmendra Pradhan? If today, after so much time, I feel like it, then I should why he is doing so much. They are making the children do all this. But the point is that

[16:30] if he takes responsibility of just Dharmendra Pradhan then he will have to Wherever things are bad, people will raise their voice again. This time the discussion is on education. Then those people will say, brother, tell me about jobs. Then people will say tell me about reservations.

[16:44] Then people will say how do we improve our lives. Isn't it? How will trusses be better? How will the train website not hang? [laughter] I'll come back with very small things. It may be small for those who are

[16:58] in power. But for the common man who is sleeping on the footpath, those small believed that women in Delhi are very unsafe here. But women are feeling so safe after coming here. There are women here even at night.

[17:11] Women are here all day long. So would you like to say something for the women here? Meaning, whether they are women from here or women from anywhere else. The important thing is that when education change. They go towards better men. Their mind, their thinking, their mentality becomes

[17:28] even better. That is why there is a large population of educated people here. That's why they are so safe. And it is important for all of us to understand that this education movement that is going on is needed because if we study, we will become better. And if we

[17:41] for men, it will be better for children , it will be better for the elderly, it will be better for everyone. , it will be better for the elderly, it will be better for everyone. So this is the important thing.

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