NEW DELHI: Among the unceasing chants of "We want justice", a few protesters were spotted at Jantar Mantar tried to test the ground with their constructive suggestions to combat sexual violence. In their own unique way, these individuals attempted to go beyond knee-jerk anguished reactions.
Among them was a young group who had met on social networking sites and assembled at Jantar Mantar. They have come up with a 10-point agenda for improving safety for women in Delhi. "We all connected on different social networking sites and came up with a list of demands which we are submitting to the Supreme Court chief justice for his consideration. We are urging people to read through our petition and sign if they agree. We will then march peacefully to Akbar Road and submit this," explained 29-year-old marketing professional Vipul Priyank.
The suggestions include departmental action against police officers who haven't followed up within 48 hours of the lodging of a complaint of a crime against women.
Meanwhile, the young face of the gang rape protests has given 67-year-old Delhiite Ashok Vijay Bakshi an idea. Convinced that if every college and other higher education institutes form strong student cells, they can pressure the police and the MLAs in their areas to take action against pending complaints of rape, sexual harassment and molestation, he is currently doing the rounds of institutes to exhort students to take this up.
"Say a hundred students get together like this whenever there is a case of sexual harassment in the area - they will be able to help the victim get justice. And it doesn't end at demonstration. They should take it forward," he explained. Just starting out, Bakshi is having trouble entering these institutions. "People assume I am from some organization or the other. I am just an individual who thinks this can work. For now, I have only been able to enter big-ticket coaching institutes," said Bakshi, who has nonetheless managed to network with some students and other interested people at the protest.
Panipat-based advocate Momin Malik has been rolling out long sheets of paper on the roads of the different protest venues every day to collect signatures from protesters. Having already collected one lakh signatures - many with artistic expression of people's anger - he plans to collect a crore signatures and present it to the President of India. "I hope to take it to the same level as the AIDS awareness campaign and am also hoping for signatures from Panipat, Karnal and Gurgaon. On Sunday, people filled 236 metres of the paper roll. Earlier, around 536 metres have already been filled," said Malik.
People from far-off cities like Farrukhabad, Bareilly and Gorakhpur have also landed at Jantar Mantar to fast indefinitely. "I have been on hunger strike for the seven days. Perhaps if the government sees this, it will put some pressure on them to react faster to the protests that have been going on for two weeks now," said 45-year-old Rajesh Gangawar from Bareilly who was at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
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