{"id":116,"date":"2026-07-21T05:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:57:37","slug":"massive-protests-and-security-crackdown-over-student-demands-in-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Massive Protests and Security Crackdown Over Student Demands in New Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national capital witnessed dramatic scenes as thousands of youth and student activists under the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) banner attempted a march toward Parliament. <span class=\"citation-271 citation-end-271\">The demonstration, which grew out of mounting anger over recurring exam paper leaks and systemic accountability issues in national entrance tests like NEET, reached a boiling point at Jantar Mantar.<\/span> With climate activist Sonam Wangchuk continuing his high-profile fast in support of regional and educational reforms, the situation escalated rapidly. <span class=\"citation-270 citation-end-270\">Law enforcement authorities responded by deploying riot gear, erecting heavy barricades, shutting down key Delhi Metro station gates, and employing tear gas to manage the swelling crowds.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-269 citation-end-269\">Dozens of protesters alongside several police officers were injured in the scuffles, drawing strong reactions from politicians and public figures across the country.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-268 citation-end-268\">Inside Parliament, Opposition parties disrupted proceedings on the very first day of the Monsoon Session, demanding immediate government accountability and structural reform.<\/span> Union ministers met with student representatives to urge a peaceful end to the sit-in, but protesters pledged to continue their demonstration until clear administrative commitments and resignations were secured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">The national capital witnessed dramatic scenes as thousands of youth and student activists under the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) banner attempted a march toward Parliament. The demonstration, which grew out of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}