The fight against corruption is on full swing, and college students across the capital have taken it one step forward. Recently, a bunch of college goers conducted a street play at PVR Saket to highlight the issue of corruption that has plagued our society. The young crusaders joined hands and organised an event called “DU Against Corruption”, which was attended by over 250 students from various colleges.
Trishala Shandilya, a student of Jesus and Mary College, started this campaign on Facebook by creating an event by the name of “DU Against Corruption”. She along with her other core team members created this group to spread the awareness about the ongoing anti-corruption drive. She informs, “Since the Anna Hazare movement is still on, we thought of highlighting other corruption-related issues through street plays and demonstrations. This was planned just a week before and we have got an encouraging response from students and youngsters. We prepared the skit in two days and presented it in a busy place so that we could get maximum attention.”
Sinta Sunny, a student from DU, who participated in the protest and street play, says that this event was an initiative to express their opinion about anti-corruption issue. She says, “The idea behind creating this awareness campaign is to reach out to the youth of our country. We all are aware about corruption, but only a few understand how the proposed Lokpal bill can tackle it. We wanted to show people that there is a loophole in our judiciary and if there is a Lokpal above this body, the problem at top level can be controlled.”
Saurabh Singh, from Sri Venkateswara College, who is one of the organisers, informs us that this event was planned to bring up the issue of corruption at judiciary level and the need for a Jan Lokpal Bill.
He says, “In our play, we told the story of the ongoing case of Manmohan Krishna from Rajasthan, who is fighting with the Indian judiciary from the past 50 years. We also brought up other issues regarding this matter and the corruption that is prevalent at the higher level of our system. This event turned out to be a success because we were able to generate awareness among youth, who are still not clear about with the details of the Jan Lokpal bill. We now plan to take it forward and reach out to more students by performing at various DU colleges in the coming days ahead.”