Candle light vigil underway at Jama Masjid in New Delhi. BHIM Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad spotted at the stairs of Jama Masjid. The Police is standing guard outside the gates. (CNN News18)
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have intensified across India. The agitation took a violent turn in various pockets of Uttar Pradesh on December 20, including Meerut, Kanpur, Muzaffarnagar, and Bulandshahar.
In Delhi's Daryaganj, vehicles were torched, even as security is beefed up and several metro stations have been shut.
Candle light vigil underway at Jama Masjid in New Delhi. BHIM Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad spotted at the stairs of Jama Masjid. The Police is standing guard outside the gates. (CNN News18)
Curfew relaxed for 16 hrs tomorrow from 6 AM to 10 PM in Dibrugarh district. Restriction imposed on all country spirit shops and other establishments retailing liquor has also been relaxed. Sale of liquor will be allowed only from 12 noon to 4 pm. (ANI)
Firefighters douse a car after demonstrators set it on fire during a protest against the citizenship law in Delhi. (Image: Reuters)
Meanwhile, 35 demonstrators from protests happening at Jama Masjid have been admitted in LNJB Hospital. Most of them have suffered head injuries, CNN News 18 has reported.
Today afternoon, a large crowd gathered in the area of Jama Masjid for prayers. After prayers, they wanted to proceed towards Jantar Mantar, but the senior officers present at the spot persuaded them not to march towards Jantar Mantar.
In the evening, suddenly some anti-social elements in the gathering started breaking the barricades and indulged in stone-pelting in a bid to march towards Jantar Mantar against the police advice. Police used water cannon and absolutely minimum force to push them back.
While protesters were being pushed back, a private car parked at Subhash Marg, Darya Ganj was set ablaze. The police staff immediately doused the fire. Some police personnel incl senior officers were injured in stone-pelting. Around 40 persons have been detained.
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No Indian citizen will be unduly harassed or put to inconvenience by asking to prove citizenship by showing documents like birth certificates of parents or grandparents dating back to a period before 1971, the Home Ministry said on December 20.
In a series of tweets, a ministry spokesperson said illiterate citizens not having any documents, will be allowed to produce witnesses or local proofs supported by members of community.
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at a protest, at India Gate, Delhi: Citizenship Act andNRC are against the poor. The poor they will be most affected by it. What will the daily wage labourers doDemonstrations should be held peacefully. (ANI)
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi joins protest at India Gate, CNN News18 has reported.
As many as 14 people were taken into preventive custody at the historic Mecca Masjid here after Friday prayers during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, police said. "We have taken 14 people into preventive custody at the Mecca Masjid. They were let off afterwards," ACP Charminar B Anjaiah said.
I wish to state that as and when NRC process will start, it will not start without consulting the stakeholders or talking to people. I find it very very surprising that responsible political parties are linking Citizenship Act to something which hasn't started yet.
Citizenship Act is an Act through which citizenship is given to people who fled persecution. For 70 years, they've been waiting, it's an Act which will give them citizenship so they can live a life of dignity. It has nothing to do with existing citizens of this country.
Md Awez (14), a resident of Begumpura, Kanpur, and Shadeb (14) of Choti Bajariya, were injured on their way back from the mosque. Awez said he was hit by a bullet in his abdomen, while Shadab was shot in his leg. "We were going home after the namaaz and were hit by bullet," said Awez.
Curfew imposed in Gohalpur, Hanumantal and some parts of Kotwali, Adhartal police station limits in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur after violent protests against Citizenship Amendment Act.
