India, Oct. 13 -- As the top leadership of the INDIA bloc on Monday climbed onto a Tricolour-decked open truck to lead the Opposition's march to the Supreme Court, a small group of student leaders from across the political spectrum accompanied them.

It was a new spectacle. Last week, the marches by opposition MPs were backed by enthusiastic supporters, primarily drawing from the Congress' frontal bodies.

But on Monday, students and lawmakers finally brought down the invisible wall between their protests. SFI's national joint secretary Aishe Ghosh rubbed shoulders with NSUI's Jannat Bishnoi, who is an executive councillor (EC) of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU).

Neha Bora, president of AISA - the students' front of CPIML - a...