Sources in the security establishment put the number of protesters at the rally between 7,000 and 7,500. We will return to Delhi on March 20 with so many feet on the ground that they will be enough to block its borders,” AIJASS president Yashpal Malik told The Hindu. Mr. Malik said as many as 50 lakh protesters were likely to join the rally on March 20 and would “not move an inch from Delhi” till their demands are met. Scores of buses and vehicles lined the two-kilometre-long stretch between Parliament Street and Jantar Mantar road; the traffic situation, however, remained manageable though the police had barricaded the protest area and no jams or congestion were reported. Mr. Malik said they were later detained at the Parliament Street police station for attempting to break through barricades in the vicinity of Parliament but were let off soon after.

Source: The Hindu March 02, 2017 22:07 UTC