{"id":25178,"date":"2026-06-22T21:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/fight-for-education-with-education-neet-protesters-build-library-at-jantar-mantar-as-cjp-stir-enters-day-3-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:55:37","slug":"fight-for-education-with-education-neet-protesters-build-library-at-jantar-mantar-as-cjp-stir-enters-day-3-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/fight-for-education-with-education-neet-protesters-build-library-at-jantar-mantar-as-cjp-stir-enters-day-3-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fight for education with education\u2019: NEET protesters build library at Jantar Mantar as CJP stir enters day 3 | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131914059,imgsize-1587737,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/cjp-protest-day-3-at-jantar-mantar-photo-credit-xcockroach-is-back.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Fight for education with education\u2019: NEET protesters build library at Jantar Mantar as CJP stir enters day 3\" title=\"CJP protest day 3 at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: X\/@Cockroach is Back)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"CJP protest day 3 at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: X\/@Cockroach is Back)\">CJP protest day 3 at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: X\/@Cockroach is Back)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A \u2018free library\u2019 has emerged as a distinctive feature at the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site at Delhi\u2019s Jantar Mantar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Reportedly, protesters said students, supporters, parents and peers have collectively donated nearly 100 books from their personal collections to set up the library.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The reading corner was organised by the All India Students\u2019 Federation (AISF) of Delhi University, news agency PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>\u201cAs part of our \u2018Fight for Education with Education\u2019 initiative, we set up a library at the protest site. It shows how different this protest is from others,\u201d said Devang Aniket, an AISF member.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Several protesters were seen browsing and reading books at the stall, which includes titles on biographies, anthropology, history, law and civil rights.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cLiteracy and awareness are the only ways to fight a corrupt education system. People have told us that these books have helped them better understand their civil rights, the country\u2019s history and its present condition,\u201d a protester said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The CJP continued its sit-in at Jantar Mantar for the third consecutive day on Monday, protesting alleged examination irregularities and the May 3 NEET paper leak.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The protest, which began on Saturday afternoon, carried on overnight, with participants staying at the site amid police deployment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Some NEET aspirants who appeared for the re-examination on Sunday also joined the demonstration, sharing their experiences and demanding accountability.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Amid slogans calling for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, protesters narrated personal stories and expressed solidarity with the movement. Among them were three friends from Uttarakhand who travelled to Delhi without informing their parents.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cWe told our parents that we were coming to Delhi for an interview. We stood for hours in a general coach to reach here and join the protest. We plan to stay until the protest ends,\u201d said 24-year-old Manpreet Singh, who arrived with his friends.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Another protester, Saurabh from Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh, said he had taken part in the first phase of the agitation on June 6 and returned again on June 20.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>According to PTI, one of the most striking stories was that of 35-year-old Babita Anjali from Odisha, who is battling liver cancer and attended the protest with her 13-year-old son and medical equipment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>\u201cI am a mother, and I cannot begin to imagine the pain that the parents of students who died by suicide must have gone through. I came here for my own child. Every student in this country is like my own,\u201d she said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Anjali said she arrived in Delhi on Saturday and has been staying at the protest site day and night in support of the cause.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>\u201cIt is high time that change is brought in this country. Students are the backbone of our nation, and their lives should not be played with,\u201d she said, holding her medical equipment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>(With agency inputs)<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/fight-for-education-with-education-neet-protesters-build-library-at-jantar-mantar-as-cjp-stir-enters-day-3\/articleshow\/131913957.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CJP protest day 3 at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: X\/@Cockroach is Back) NEW DELHI: A \u2018free library\u2019 has emerged as a distinctive feature at the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest site at Delhi\u2019s Jantar Mantar.Reportedly, protesters said students, supporters, parents and peers have collectively donated nearly 100 books from their personal collections to set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}