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Protesters outside Jama Masjid raised slogans against the Act and the central government
Mobile internet has been cut off in 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers. Apart from internet suspension which is aimed at checking rumors, the police have also made strategic deployment in sensitive areas, state top cop OP Singh said.
Internet connectivity has been suspended in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Agra, Firozabad, Sambhal, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Rampur, Sitapur and Kanpur. Mobile Internet services and sms messages of all mobile service providers except BSNL were also suspended in state capital Lucknow, which witnessed clashes between the police and protesters last week.
More than 1, 93 people have been arrested and 5, 650 kept in preventive detention following violence in the state.
Restrictions have also been imposed in several sensitive areas of Delhi, including Seelampur where protests turned violent on December 21. Restrictions on assembly of four or more people are in place near Lal Quila, a large part of North East Delhi district and around UP Bhawan in anticipation of the protests.
Students of the Jamia Millia University have declared that they will picket the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan at 3 pm on Friday to protest “police atrocities” in the state.
The Citizenship Amendment Act for the first time makes religion the test of citizenship in India. The government says it will help minorities from three Muslim-dominated countries to get citizenship if they fled to India because of religious persecution. Critics say it is designed to discriminate against Muslims and violates the secular principles of the constitution.Here are the Updates on protests over Citizenship Amendment Act:**************************
Police use drones to monitor protests against Citizenship Act in Northeast Delhi*****************************************************
CAA Protests: Entry & exit gates of Lok Kalyan Marg are closed, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Entry & exit gates of Lok Kalyan Marg are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.(************************************
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Entry & exit gates of Lok Kalyan Marg are closed. Trains will not be halting at this station.Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) 28,
CAA Protests: “I have decided to give him roses and ask him to maintain peace in the area,” says school girl who gave roses to a Delhi policeman
“I have decided to give him roses and ask him to maintain peace in the area. I believe such disturbances due to protests shouldn’t have happened, “, a school girl, who gave roses to DCP (North-East) Ved Prakash Surya, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.**************************** Delhi: A school girl gives roses to DCP (North-East) Ved Prakash Surya. She says, “I have decided to give him roses and ask him to maintain peace in the area. I believe such disturbances due to protests shouldn’t have happened.” # CitizenshipAmendmentAct
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Hundreds of people with their hands tied marching towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of Bhim Army chief Chandrashek har Azad and to protest the amended Citizenship Act were stopped in the way by police on Friday, reports news agency PTI.
Amid heavy security arrangement and drone surveillance, the protesters including Bhim Army members started from Dargah Shah-e-Mardan in Jor Bagh in the national capital and were stopped by police at a barricade en route PM Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg, reported PTI.
They participated in the march with their hands tied, saying they did it so that they could not be blamed for violence and arson during the protest.
They raised slogans of ” Tanashahi nahi chalegi ” and carried posters of Babasheb Ambedkar and Chandrashekhar Azad.
“We have tied our hands and are protesting so tomorrow they do not attack us and lie that we were not protesting peacefully, “said Majid Jamal, one of the participants in the protest.
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() ************ CAA Protests: Mumbai traffic police issues traffic advisory ahead of “Inquilab Morcha” protests in Azad Maidan, Mumbai
In view of the massive protest, the traffic police has put in place several diversions and parking restrictions in south Mumbai, a traffic official said, according to news agency PTI.
Mahapalika Marg has been closed for vehicular movement from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Metro junction, he said.
Vehicles moving towards Metro Junction will have to head towards DN Road, JJ School of Arts, Police Commissioner’s office and turn then left via Lokmanya Tilak Marg to proceed further, the official said.
Vehicles will not be allowed to park o n Mahapalika Marg, Badruddin Tayyabji Marg, DN Road, LT Marg, MG Road, Hazarimal Somani Marg, he added.
Meanwhile, a large number of women under the banner of All India Democratic Women’s Association held a public meeting at Azad Maidan against the amended citizenship law.
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Students from Tata institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) will also join the agitation, during which they will demand withdrawal of CAA, NCR and the National Population Register (NPR), reported news agency PTI.
Former Bombay High Court judge BG Kolse Patil and Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker will speak during the protest, organizer Rafiq Shahab added.*************************************************
Citizenship Amendment Act Protests: Student participants from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will be part of the ” Inquilab Morcha ” to be held at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai
Student activists from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will be part of the ” Inquilab Morcha ” to be held at the Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on Friday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), reported news agency PTI.
Student leaders, including Umar Khalid and Afreen Fatima from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Hammada Rehm an from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Maskur Usmani from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will be part of the protest, its organizer Rafiq Shahab said, according to PTI.
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CAA Protests: “Protest and anarchy should not be mixed”: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacks Asaduddin Owaisi for his remarks on Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s comments on Citizenship Act protests
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slammed All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for targeting Army Chief General Bipin Rawat over his remarks on the Citizenship Act protests and said, “Protest and anarchy should not be mixed. He has his own understanding of the issue “, reported news agency ANI.******************************************************************
Citizenship Amendment Act Protests: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams opposition for ” manipulating “issue of amended Citizenship law
Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday slammed Opposition for taking part in the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests and “manipulating” the issue, reported news agency ANI.
Speaking to ANI, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “Congress has become a synonym of political hypocrisy. They find issues on a daily basis. They work with a negative mentality, which not at all in favor of the country. Their main job is to manipulate people. “(****************************
Amit Shah accuses Congress of misleading people, says Citizenship law has no provision to take anyone’s citizenship away, reports news agency PTI************
**************************** CAA Protests: “Unemployment is the real issue in the county, but you (PM) are t rying to put people in a queue for NRC, “says Alka Lamba, protesting at Jama Masjid: PTI)
Alka Lamba hit out at the BJP government, is quoted as saying by news agency PTI, that “unemployment is the real issue in the county, but you (PM) are trying to put people in a queue for NRC, as it was done during demonetisation. “******************
****************************CAA Protests: Congress leader Alka Lamba and former Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal among those protesting outside Jama Masjid, reports news agency PTI
Congress leader Alka Lamba and former Delhi MLA Shoaib Iqbal were among those who joined the demonstrations, reported news agency PTI. (**************************************************
CAA Protests: People gathered outside the iconic Jama Masjid in Old Delhi today to protest against amended citizenship law
Braving cold weather, several people gathered outside the iconic Jama Masjid in Old Delhi on Friday to protest against the amended citizenship law, reported news agency PTI.*************************************************************
************************** CAA Protests: Prote stors gather outside Jama Masjid after Friday prayers
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Security beefed up, prohibitory orders imposed in parts of Delhi
Delhi Police have made elaborate arrangements to check and deal with any untoward situation in the national capital and prohibitory orders have been imposed in several sensitive areas of the city.
Restrictions under section of the CrPC have been imposed in the area near Lal Quila, a large part of North East Delhi district and around UP Bhawan in anticipation of the protests.
In Seelampur where protests turned violent on December 17 but remained peaceful last Friday, section 300 has been imposed and about companies of police force have been deployed. The police also carried out a flag march in the morning and urged local Muslim clerics to appeal for peace and tranquility.
People have right to protest; Yogi Adityanath creating a divide: Nawab Malik
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik said that people have the right to protest while alleging that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath deliberately allowed the situation to deteriorate and go out of hand in his state.
“People have the right to protest in the country. The protests in the other parts of the country were peaceful but Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister deliberately allowed the situation to go out of hand and is creating a divide between the people on the basis of religion, “Mr Malik was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
His comments came after protests against the amended citizenship law turned violent in various districts of the state, in which a number of people died and scores sustained injuries.
“The manner in which the UP government, police and administration handled the situation i s not right due to which many people lost their lives, “the NCP spokesperson said.
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Norwegian Tourist “told to leave country” after protest pics on Facebook
Janne-Mette Johansson, a tourist from Norway, revealed in a Facebook post that she has been ordered to leave the country or face action. An officer from the Bureau of Immigration “showed up” at her hotel and would not leave until she bought a flight ticket home, Janne-Mette Johansson wrote on Facebook.
The Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has confirmed that the tourist was asked to leave the country for visa violation.
Earlier this week, a German student of IIT-Madras was sent back for participating in anti-citizenship law protests on campus.
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Uttar Pradesh police have arrested 124 people in the last one week for posting “inciting content” on social media. Close to (**************************************************************************************************************, social media, with over 9 , (Twitter and Facebook profiles, have been reported.)
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“Law & order situation is absolutely under control, we continue to have strategic deployment of forces, Special Investigation Teams formed to investigate cases. We have suspended internet services in 22 districts, they will be restored as and when situation demands, “UP top cop OP Singh was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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Internet connectivity has been suspended in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor, Bulandshahar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Agra, Firozabad, Sambhal, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Rampur, Sitapur and Kanpur. Mobile Internet services and sms messages of all mobile service Providers except BSNL were also suspended in state capital Lucknow, which witnessed clashes between the police and protesters last week.
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