new delhi on the sixth day of the ongoing fast at jantar mantar the venue appeared jampacked kartik insisted on coming so we brought him after school she said referring to her sixyearold son delhi police said at least 3500 people were present at the venue on monday during peak hours and overall about 6000 people turned up over the weekend i was here with my husband and daughter the government is stubborn and doesnt listen to the demands of the people i have been here for six days and get calls from work everyday manjit singh a businessman from rajouri garden took a day off and waited for his children to return home the evening rally from jantar mantar to india gate itself had about 2000 participants but this is an important cause and i want the lokpal he said a large number of students were seen at the venue rekha rai a manager with an mnc too took leave from work we all have faced problems due to corruption from getting a driving licence to birth certificate everywhere we are asked to pay extra i had applied for leave but it wasnt cleared and they may fire me still in the first half of the day fewer families turned up as compared to the weekend today they had work and school respectively so i came alone said seema prakash a homemaker in the afternoon families were seen pouring in with children tagging along students bunked college to join the protest and many people took leave from work to be at the fast venue to express solidarity with the annaled movement three of us bunked college to come here said neeraj tiwari a delhibased engineering student we had to show support to anna only when more people come out will they be forced to pay attention he said we all should get together and fightit said rai who came with her husband and 11yearold son sarthak team anna however claimed that 75000 people took part in the protest team anna members said about 500 people were fasting at the venue and since the space was limited they stopped further registration the previous night anna is trying to eradicate corruption so that our children dont face problems he said for dr kokil bhardwaj it was the third visit to the fast venue for dailywage worker bansi lal the rs 300 he makes in a day is invaluable but on monday he decided to sacrifice it and join team anna at jantar mantar vikram singh negi who lives in karala in outer delhi said he put his job as a dtc supervisor at risk by attending the protest