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Citizenship Act: From Delhi to Bengaluru, protests rage across India; top 10 developments

Left leaders D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat, others have been detained at Mandi House in Delhi during anti-CAA protest. Reports of lockdown, internet shutdown and barricading are also surfacing.

citizenship act protests, red fort caa protests, delhi caa protests detention, caa protests india, ramachandra guha bengaluru, yogendra yadav, caa protests live updates A cop restrains a protester in Delhi’s Mandi House (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

Protesters across the country Thursday defied prohibitory orders as they took to the streets to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Many have been detained, including historian Ramachandra Guha in Bengaluru, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav in New Delhi. Mobile internet connectivity was also shutdown in parts of the national capital.

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Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 points

# Two protests in the national capital, one by students and activists and the other by Left parties, have been denied permission by the police. The two marches were to meet at Shaheen Park near ITO.

#Left party leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja, former JNU leader Umar Khalid, Swaraj Party leader Yogendra Yadav are among scores of protestors detained by the Delhi Police near Red Fort when they tried to take out a march in defiance of the prohibitory orders imposed there to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Yadav and Bhushan was later released by the police.

“I know many of our mates are being detained, despite that many have gathered here. The citizenship of this country cannot be divided and this is our protest call today,” Yadav said.

# Mobile internet services have been shut down in some parts of Delhi. According to reports, telecom operators like Airtel and Vodafone have shut down voice, Internet, and SMS services, though it has not been specified which parts of the city. Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said it has “suspended voice, internet and SMS services” in some parts of Delhi on the instruction from the government.

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# Entry and exit gates of 20 Metro Stations in Delhi have been shut in the wake of protests against the new Citizenship legislation.  Earlier in the morning, the DMRC had closed gates of seven stations, including Jamia Millia, Jama Masjid and Munirka. Seven more stations were closed soon after, followed by two more. Metro stations which are closed include Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan, Janpath, Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House, and Khan Market.

citizenship act protests, red fort caa protests, delhi caa protests detention, caa protests india, ramachandra guha bengaluru, yogendra yadav, caa protests live updates A protester offers rose to a cop in Delhi’s Mandi House (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

The gates of Central Secretariat were also closed but interchange facility was available for passengers. Other stations which are closed are: Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh, Lal Quila, Vishwavidyalaya.

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# Massive traffic congestion was also reported on the Mehrauli – Gurgaon road, with police barricading the stretch and only allowing one car at a time.

#Historian Ramachandra Guha and several others were detained for staging a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC at the Town Hall in Bengaluru. Reacting to his detention, Guha said it was “absolutely undemocratic” that police were not allowing even a peaceful protest, which is the democratic right of the citizens.

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#Massive protests break out in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh where protestors have set a Roadways bus ablaze. Police vehicles also damaged.

#Protests being held across the country including Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Guwahati. Opposition Samajwadi Party legislators earlier held a protest outside the Vidhan Bhawan defying prohibitory orders.

# Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Dakshina Kannada district till the midnight of December 21 in the backdrop of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

citizenship act protests, red fort caa protests, delhi caa protests detention, caa protests india, ramachandra guha bengaluru, yogendra yadav, caa protests live updates Police detain protesters at Town Hall, Bengaluru (ANI Photo)

# Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ appealed to political parties on Thursday to keep academic institutions away from their politics, while asserting that students are a priority of the Narendra Modi government. His remarks came against the backdrop of police crackdown against students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh, following protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

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#The AIIMS administration in Delhi warned its students, resident doctors, faculty and staff on Thursday against holding any protest or strike within the premises of the institute. The memorandum warns against use of loud speakers or shouting of slogans, demonstrations, dharna within the campus, no gate meetings or protest meetings of any kind whatsoever to be held within 500 metres from the boundary of the institute.

#Activists belonging to student bodies like AISF and AISA stormed the Rajendra Nagar Terminus in Bihar and squatted on the tracks disrupting movement of trains for about half an hour early in the morning.

# Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government for “shutting down everyone” as massive protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act continued to rock the national capital despite prohibitory orders.

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