Citizenship Amendment Act protests LIVE Updates: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi stopped by UP Police outside Meerut; Congress leaders were scheduled to meet kin of those killed during anti-CAA protests – Firstpost, Firstpost.com

Citizenship Amendment Act protests LATEST Updates: The Union Cabinet has approved the National Population Register, reports have said. According toNDTV, the Census Commission has said the objective of the NPR is to create a comprehensive identity database of every “usual resident” of the country. “The database will have demographic as well as biometric details. A” usual resident “, for the NPR, is a person who has lived in an area for at least six months or more, or a person who intends to live in an area for the next six months or more. It is mandatory for every “usual resident” of India to register in the NPR. “

Meanwhile, hours after BJP working president JP Nadda took out a march in Kolkata in support of the newly-enacted Citizenship law on Monday, the party’s West Bengal vice president Chandra Kumar Bose raised his voice against the Act and said India is a country “open to all religions and communities”. “If #CAA 01575879 is not related to any religion why are we stating – Hindu, Sikh, Buddha, Christians, Parsis and Jains only! Why not include #Muslims as well? Let’s be transparent, “Bose tweeted. “Don’t equate India or compare it with any other nation – as it’s a nation Open to all religions and communities,” he said in another tweet.

“If Muslims are not being persecuted in their home country they would not come, so there’s no harm in including them. However, this is not entirely true- what about Baluch who live in Pakistan & Afghanistan? What about Ahwadiyya in Pakistan? ” Bose said.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka, who were scheduled to meet the kin of those killed in anti-Citizenship Act protests in Meerut, were stopped by Uttar Pradesh Police, (CNN-News) reported.

The leaders were on their way to visit the violence-hit state. The toll in violence that occurred during protests against the CAA in Meerut on Friday rose to five, a senior police official said on Sunday.

The Tis Hazari court in Delhi on Tuesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police on a bail petition filed by six of the (accused who were arrested after a protest in the Daryaganj area against the citizenship law turned violent on December .

Special Additional Session Judge Satish Kumar sought response from the police and slated the matter for December for further hearing.

Former Congress MP Saiduzzaman made some serious allegations against Uttar Pradesh Police’s action against protesters in Muzaffarnagar.

Taking a swipe at the government decision to “seize and auction” property of rioters to pay off the damages caused to public property, Saiduzzaman said that who will compensate the damage to private property caused due to police excesses.

Six of the 18 accused in the violence witnessed in Delhi’s Daryaganj on 28 December filed bail applications before the Tis Hazari Sessions Court. The matter will be heard today.

Five ‘miscreants’ have been arrested over violent demonstrations in North east Delhi’s Seelampur area had happened on 20 December. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest rally from Swami Vivekananda residence to Gandhi Bhawan in Kolkata.

Prashant Kishor, political strategist, takes on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens on Tuesday and asked to declare no implementation of CAA or NRC in Congress ruled states.

The internet services in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh will remain suspended till 8 pm on December, District Magistrate, Abhishek Prakash, said on Monday.

The services were snapped in several cities in view of violent protests against the newly amended Citizenship Act last week.

Protests erupted in different parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which grants Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and came to India on or before (December, ****************************************************************. ********

Restrictions under Section – of CrPC has also been imposed in various parts of the state due to the prevailing law and order situation.