Flood of farmers and Babri: Why protest site was shifted from Boat Club to Jantar Mantar

A flood of farmers led by Mahendra Singh Tikait in 1988 and the security concerns following the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 pushed the Congress government to restrict mass protests at New Delhi's iconic Boat Club lawns In 1993 Jantar Mantar emerged as the capital's new square for dissent Nearly 33 years later the BJP-led Centre has redrawn Delhi's protest map