India, Oct. 9 -- Everything is slightly different about the protest this time - the demonstrators, the demand, and also the preparations to contain them. Security forces have mounted one of the largest ground deployments yet. The police have issued media advisories (but also met with counter-advisories). They are having to use body-worn cameras amid allegations of misconduct and are also facing challenges from multiple groups on multiple fronts.

Two months ago, the demand was for then education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign over the NEET-UG paper leak. Now, the focus is on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. HT looks at the six ways Jantar Mantar 2.0 is different.

The deployment of more than 26,000 personnel from th...