Delhi: No police permission for anti-CAA protests today; at least 15 metro stations closed
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The Delhi Police, in a statement, declared that permission has not been granted for the protest demonstrations against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill scheduled to take place in the national capital on Thursday.
Two major protest marches are in sight for Thursday. The first one, that has been called by several Left parties, is supposed to march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar at 12 PM. The other protest is being held under the banner of 'Hum Bharat Ke Log' and is supposed to march from Lal Quila to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park (ITO) at 11:30 AM today. Permission has been granted for neither, the Delhi Police stated.
The police issued two statements on this day. "Permission has not been granted for the march to be held under the banner of 'Hum Bharat Ke Log' against Citizenship Amendment Act from Lal Quila to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park (ITO) at 11:30 AM today," the Delhi Police has announced. The next statement clarified that the other protest, too, doesn't have police permission. "Permission has not been granted for the protest march to be held by the communist parties from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar over Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC at 12 pm today," read the next statement.
Section-144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), prohibiting an assembly of more than four people in an area or 'curfew', has been imposed near the Red Fort area.
Moreover, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has informed that the entry and exit gates of several metro stations will remain closed. These include - Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar, Shaheen Bagh, Munirka, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Vishwavidyalaya, Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan, Khan Market, and Central Secretariat. Trains will not be halting at these stations.
Massive protests have erupted across India against the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act that was passed by the Parliament last week. The protests which started from the Northeast have now spread to capital Delhi where demonstrations have also turned violent.
On Sunday, a massive outrage erupted after Delhi Police launched a brutal crackdown against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia after a protest in the vicinity turned violent. The students had immediately distanced themselves from the violence and said they were no way linked to the burning of buses in the New Friends Colony area.
The contentious law promises citizenship to "illegal immigrants" belonging to minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution in the three countries.
While critics say that the law is against the secular nature of the Indian Constitution and clubbed with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) may be misused to strip away some Muslims' citizenship in the country.
The BJP, however, has argued that the law has nothing to do with India's Muslims and only helps those who fled religious persecution in the neighboring countries.
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