Protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) continued for the eleventh consecutive day on Saturday also in India, report NDTV and The Hindu.
Like the last few days, protestors took to streets in all the big cities in India including Guwahati, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh.
Protesters holding agitation against the citizenship law clashed with the police in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday afternoon.
Sources said the protesters broke police barricades and threw stones at the police, who responded with batons and tear gas. This morning, prohibitory orders were issued in areas around the Uttar Pradesh Bhavan in South Delhi's Chanakyapuri. Protests are continuing at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia for the seventh straight day since Sunday's violence. Uttar Pradesh witnessed widespread violence since Thursday, in which 13 people died. Protests broke out in Old Delhi as well in afternoon and evening. More than 35 people were injured in the evening's clashes with the police, who have been accused of using excessive force. Ten people have been arrested.
Jamia students protest outside university campus Students of Jamia Millia Islamia staged a protest outside the University campus against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
The protest at the main gate of the university was started by women students and later men also joined them.
They raised slogans such as "Ladke lenge azadi" and "Inquilab Zindabad". Situation improves amid heavy security deployment in Delhi areas
The situation in areas hit by violence during protests against the new citizenship law is gradually returning to normal, police said on saturday, and assured that a heavy deployment of security personnel has been made in Old Delhi and Seemapuri areas.
Stone-pelting and incidents of violence were reported from Daryaganj in Old Delhi and Seemapuri in northeast part of the national capital on Friday.
Manish Seth, secretary of Daryaganj Traders’ Association, said all shops in the area opened on Saturday morning and there’s no unrest. He said police have been keeping a tight vigil.
A senior police officer from Shahdara district said situation was under control in the area.
“Delhi Police have dominated the area and are conducting flag marches since Friday evening to ensure that no untoward incident is reported,” he added.
The Jamia Millia Islamia, which has been seeing protests against the law, has a public meeting lined up by activists on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and a protest-march in the day.
On Friday, a clash between police and protesters had ensued in Daryaganj, prompting police to use water cannon on the agitators, some of whom had turned violent and set on fire a car. Incidents of stone-pelting were also reported from Seemapuri, where an additional Deputy Commissioner of police suffered minor injuries. CAA, NRC ploys to divert attention from serious issues, says Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar slammed the NDA government on December 21, saying the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) were “ploys to divert” attention from serious issues plaguing the country.
“CAA and NRC are ploys to divert people’s attention from serious issues that the country is facing,” he told reporters in Pune. At least 11 killed in Uttar Pradesh violence, say officials
At least 11 people, including an 8-year-old boy, have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent in the State, officials said on December 21.
After Friday prayers, protesters clashed with police at several places in the state and hurled stones and torched vehicles, they said. Historian Guha terms CAA as ‘immoral’
Eminent historian and writer Ramachandra Guha on December 21 termed the Citizenship Amendment Act as ‘immoral’ and ‘against the spirit of the Constitution’ and said a wise and just government would withdraw it.
He also noted that immediate withdrawal of the NRC was a necessary first step to restore trust and heal the nation.
“To make two things absolutely clear. 1. The immediate withdrawal of the NRC is a necessary first step to restore trust and heal the nation. 2. The CAA is immoral and against the spirit of the Constitution. A wise and just Government would withdraw it too,” Guha tweeted. Mayawati says Centre should give up ‘stubborn stand’ on citizenship law, NRC
BSP President Mayawati on Saturday asked the Centre to give up its ‘stubborn stand’ on the new citizenship law and NRC and withdraw its decisions.
“Now that voices opposed to the CAA and NRC have started coming from within the NDA, the central government should give up its stubborn stand and withdraw its decisions,” she said in a tweet in Hindi.
