Thousands of students from universities across India march in Delhi for jobs

Thousands of students from varsities across the country braved the winter chill to march from the Red Fort to Parliament Street in Delhi on Thursday to demand better employment and educational opportunities.

More than 50 youth groups, students' unions and organisations came together in December last year to form the Young India National Coordination Committee, under whose banner the 'Young India Adhikar March' was held this afternoon.

Starting with the historic Red Fort in the background, students carrying red flags, placards with messages like 'Enact Rohith Act', 'End 13-point roster' and 'Where is Najeeb?' walked through the busy Daryaganj-Barakhamba Road stretch to the Parliament Street.

Slogans of 'Inquilab zindabad', 'ab jumlebaazi nahi chalegi' resonated in the heart of Delhi as students from institutions like Ambedkar University, Delhi University, Allahabad University, Hyderabad University marched, bringing traffic to a halt on several major roads and intersections.

The protesting students claimed that when they reached Red Fort, police did not allow them to take out the march but they did not budge and said they would make their voices heard.

A senior police officer said, "We did request them to not take out the march since it was a huge gathering and there was no permission for it. But then we allowed them since it might have created a law and order issue, if we had not allowed them."
"They sent CBI after Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee... Why don't they send CBI after Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya?" he questioned