NEW DELHI: Amid the noise, slogans and sea of political banners, one young face quietly stole the spotlight.On Monday, thousands of opposition workers flooded Delhi’s streets as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led a march toward the Supreme Court against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.While Priyanka Gandhi and Neha Bora walked on one side of Rahul, a student in a white T-shirt strode confidently on the other, matching his pace and raising slogans.Cameras kept finding her. In photograph after photograph and video after video, she was right there, in the thick of it.Her name is Jannat Bishnoi.Hailing from Sangaria town in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, Jannat is an executive councillor of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU).She is an active member of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the Congress’s student wing, and has steadily built her presence in Delhi University’s campus politics.Jannat is currently a second-year BA student at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, University of Delhi.Despite her age, she appears at ease in the political spotlight, and her visibility beside one of the country’s most prominent opposition leaders has made her an overnight talking point on social media.
