India, July 22 -- A day after they were struck with batons and hit with tear gas by the Delhi Police as they attempted to march to the Parliament, thousands of undeterred protesters thronged to Jantar Mantar protest site and the arterial roads around it. By 8 pm on Tuesday, Jantar Mantar was bursting at its seams, Tolstoy Marg was full of protesters raising slogans demanding resignation of the Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and a part of Sansad Marg was filled with young protesters.

By evening, security arrangements had been beefed up in the area and Delhi Police had added three layers of barricades on Sansad Marg, near Parliament Street police station. Every few minutes, police took to speakers to warn protesters to mainta...