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Students Federation of India (SFI) activists were detained on their way to Jantar Mantar. All roads around Jantar Mantar are barricaded as protesters try to enter the site.

Amit Sharma, a civil engineer who tried to enter the site from Mandi House, says, “My whole family’s name is on the voter list, but not mine. And a lot of harassment follows. That’s why I am here today, but we are not able to reach the protest site itself.”

Another protester, Anand Prakash, says, “All the roads are blocked. So I might have to go back now.”

A group of students from the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) are trying to figure out a way to get inside. One of them, Mudita, says: “It is treated like a terrorist site. First, you don’t give us the right to vote. Then you don’t give us the right to protest. If everything is dictated, you can call it a dictatorship.”

– Ashna Bhutani