Beaten, battered and bruised — but citizens of Delhi, young or old, are unwilling to give up on their demand for a safer country for women.

Having learnt a lesson from the way the protest fell victim to spontaneity — which was both the strength of the agitation the National Capital has seen, and also the weakness — people are now trying to once again start the movement in an organised fashion.

The organisers hope to give the agitation a push with the use of social media.

A few hundred people, mostly students and young professionals, have committed to joining the march, which is likely to be held on Thursday.

Over the last two days the protest, which was triggered by the gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedic student on the night of December 16, seemed to be losing steam after the Government imposed Section 144 in the city and cordoned off the area around India Gate. Media personnel were also restricted from entering the India Gate area.

Along with this, the death of Constable Subhash Tomar on Tuesday and a controversial letter by Chief Minister Sheila Dixit alleging that senior police officers interfered in the video recording of the victim’s statement, intensified the tense situation in the city.

However, now that restrictions from entering the India Gate have been lifted to some extent, people plan to organise a peaceful march once again.

>aesha.datta@thehindu.co.in

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