Watch: Young protesters in Delhi face police lathi-charge and tear gas

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Security personnel on Monday fired tear gas shells at and lathi-charged protesters of the political campaign Cockroach Janta Party in Delhi.

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For several days, thousands of protesters had been demonstrating at the national capital’s Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations.

The campaign had planned a march to Parliament on Monday, when the Monsoon Session began. However, while the leaders of the protests were blocked by the police from undertaking the march, some managed to march closer to Parliament and gather in other parts of central Delhi.

Hours after the lathi-charge, the Cockroach Janta Party said that the Union government had agreed to hold talks with the protesters. Two representatives of the campaign met Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader JP Nadda.

The spokespersons said that they submitted a letter listing their demands and the minister had “assured us that he will meanwhile speak internally”.

Scroll’s reporters were on the ground as the dramatic events unfolded in Delhi.

Here’s what they saw:

Anant Gupta documented what he saw in central Delhi as some protesters got past barricades.

Ayush Tiwari spoke with several young protesters who...

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