In next ten days,In next ten days, 5,000 more Shaheen Baghs to come up across country: Azad 5,000 more Shaheen Baghs to come up across country: Azad

Addressing a massive gathering, Azad said the Citizenship Amendment Act is a ‘black law’ that is dividing people on religious lines

In the next 10 days, there will be 5,000 more protest sites like Shaheen Bagh across the country, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said on Wednesday evening as he reached the iconic demonstration spot in south Delhi to extend his support to the women protesting against CAA and NRC. Addressing a massive gathering, the Dalit leader said the Citizenship Amendment Act is a “black law” that is dividing people on religious lines. “I congratulate those who have participated in this protest. This is not just a political agitation. We have to save the Constitution and unity of the nation,” he told the women who have been staging a sit-in against the CAA for more than a month now.

Azad said even the record-breaking cold has not been able to break the will power of the women protesters. The crowd, singing Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Urdu poem ‘Hum Dekhnege’ before Azad’s arrival, got charged as he reached the venue. Holding the Constitution, he said, “I promise you that in next 10 days there will be at least 5,000 Shaheen Baghs across the country”.

Azad said that earlier everyone had heard about Jallianwala Bagh, but now they were talking about Shaheen Bagh. “If you have the courage of sacrifice, then you have to sacrifice with holding your demonstration peacefully,” he said. “Till the Bhim Army is here, this law would not be applicable and they have to go through my corpse (to implement it),” Azad said. “The court is saying that we should respect our Prime Minister. I do and and I will do because the constitution says this. But the Prime Minister also needs to respect the constitution of this country,” he said. The protesters hailed Azad and raised slogans in his support…