Anti-CAA protesters resort to 'Gandhigiri', offer roses to police

Anti-citizenship law protestors offered roses to security personnel at the Jantar Mantar on Thursday, saying police can baton charge them as much as they want but their message is "love in return for hatred".

Some lawyers participating in the demonstration also offered legal assistance to protestors in case they are detained by the Delhi Police.

A large number of protestors, including students and activists, gathered at the Jantar Mantar here on Thursday against the new legislation after they were not allowed to hold demonstration near the Red Fort and Mandi House where prohibitory orders have been imposed.

Several posters have been put up at Jantar Mantar against the new citizenship law, with one reading -- "Digital India with no internet, 'Janta mange rozi roti, milti hamko lathi gali' (people demand employment but get batons and abuses); save constitution save country."
Sandeep Dhiman, a protester, said, "They can lathicharge us as much as they want, we will still offer hem roses. Love in return for hatred. We are ready to face their tear gas and water canons."
Another protester, Jyoti Saha, said that she was attending the agitation with her five-year-old twins, "so that tomorrow, when they (police) make appeals to parents to not let their kids go to protest, they (kids) know what to do."