Schools across the Capital on Wednesday held prayer meetings to show solidarity with the people of Peshawar who lost their children in the Tuesday’s brutal terror attack on a school. As many as 132 school children were killed by a terrorist group in Pakistan on Tuesday.
Students observed two minutes of silence for the victims of the terror attack and some even conducted signature campaigns and sent condolence messages to the Pakistan Embassy. Some of the schools that showed solidarity with the people in Pakistan were Delhi Public School RK Puram, Indian School, Central School Gole Market, Bal Bharti Public School and Tagore International School. Tagore International School held a signature campaign for the same. “Bal Bharti School observed two minutes of silence and even sent condolence message to the Pakistan Embassy,” said principal, lV Sehgal.
Additionally, on Thursday the Delhi Government will bring together over 1,000 students of Government schools to pray for the 132 lives lost in Peshawar attack. The meet will be held at Central Park in Connaught Place, where 132 white flowers will be placed in the memory of the innocent lives. Similarly on Thursday, Press Club of India will hold a candle light march at Jantar Mantar at 6 pm.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, the Delhi Solidarity Group, an association of teachers, students across Delhi, held a candle light march at India Gate. Singing songs with candles in their hands they condemned the attack, especially on women and small children. However, the scene at India Gate turned chaotic as they had not taken prior permission to hold a demonstration there.
Apoorva Anand, professor at Delhi University said, “We are all gathered here to make our voices heard and condemned the attack on children and women. It is important to make these terrorist understand there is a voice against violence and that needs to spread across South Asia.”
The protesters were also joined by Swami Agnivesh who said, “In the name of religion they are killing young children and women, this is wrong. Any form of killing is against humanity.”
However as the group did not have permission to hold candle light vigil at India Gate, the Delhi Police detained few members of the group, including Agnivesh.