‘Lawyers for Democracy’: Hundreds take out rally against CAA-NRC in Kolkata

Carrying placards and posters, the lawyers raised slogans against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR)

Hundreds of lawyers practising at the Calcutta High Court and some district courts took out a protest rally against CAA, NRC and NPR here on Tuesday. Coming together under the banner ‘Lawyers for Democracy’, the advocates, owing allegiance to different political parties, walked from the high court to Subodh Mallick Square in central Kolkata, covering a distance of around two kilometres.

Senior lawyer Bikash Bhattacharya of CPI(M), Uttam Majumdar of Congress and Leftist opposition party SUCI’s legal centre leader Bivas Ghosh led the rally which saw the participation of around 400 lawyers. Carrying placards and posters, the lawyers raised slogans against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). The CAA allows easier citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Parsis and Jains who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh before 2015 to escape religious persecution there.

Muslim migrants don’t figure on this list. Those opposing the CAA contend that it discriminates on the basis of religion and violates the Constitution. They also allege that the CAA along with the NRC is intended to target the Muslim community in India. However, the central government has dismissed the allegations, maintaining that the law is intended to give citizenship to the persecuted minorities from the three neighbouring countries and not to take away anyone’s citizenship.

Protest against Pakistan’s atrocities on minorities: Modi to CAA protesters

He likewise said the street has been cleared for the development of an excellent Ram mandir at Lord Ram’s origination with harmony and participation of everybody.

Attacking Congress and its partners for restricting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the fights were against the Parliament and approached the fomenters to speak more loudly against Pakistan’s barbarities on its minorities throughout the previous 70 years.

“The individuals who are challenging the Parliament of India, I need to disclose to them that the need was to uncover Pakistan’s deeds on the world stage. On the off chance that you need to dissent, dissent and speak more loudly against Pakistan’s deeds throughout the previous 70 years, you ought to have that guts,” he said.

Tending to a social affair at Siddaganga Math, he stated, “On the off chance that you need to yell mottos, yell against the manner by which abominations are occurring against minorities there; in the event that you need to hold rallies, hold it for Dalits and discouraged who have originated from Pakistan (to India). On the off chance that you need to do dharna, carry out it against Pakistans things.”

There is change in India’s approach against psychological warfare, Modi stated, by revoking Article 370, exertion has been made to evacuate dread of fear and vulnerability from the life of individuals there and a fresh start of improvement has been introduced both in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He likewise said the street has been cleared for the development of a stupendous Ram mandir at Lord Ram’s origination with harmony and collaboration of everybody…Read More

Inform 24-hours before holding protest: DU issues notice amid anti-CAA stir

 The Left-upheld All India Students’ Association censured the move, naming it ‘hostile to popularity based’, and said it is a protected right of residents to dissent

When a few colleges are seeing fights against the altered citizenship law, the Delhi University has given a notification saying it ought to be educated ahead of time about any ‘social occasion’ or ‘exhibition’. A notification gave on December 27 by Proctor Neeta Sehgal in such manner additionally requires the coordinator to submit other data like subtleties of the program, the rundown of speakers, expected number of members and so on.

The Left-upheld All India Students’ Association (AISA) denounced the move, naming it “hostile to law based”, and said it is a sacred right of residents to dissent. As indicated by the notification, “Earlier insinuation of social affair/fight/exhibit outside Arts Faculty entryway and connecting zone is compulsory.” “The coordinators are required to outfit the accompanying data to the Proctor’s Office in any event 24 hours ahead of time,” it said while looking for different subtleties of program.

There have been open gatherings and fights close to the Arts Faculty, some against the new citizenship law and some in support. The AISA said “fight is an established right of the residents and the understudies, and should be liberated from any sort of administrative work”. “AISA, with the understudy network, dismisses these enemy of equitable diktats of the DU organization,” it said…

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Anti-CAA protests: Madras varsity students agitate for third day in a row

Police personnel, who had entered the campus on Tuesday, said they had done so for the “safety of the students.”

A section of students of the Madras University continued their protest for the third day on Wednesday against the amendment to the Citizenship Act. Defiant students said they will continue their agitation. Meanwhile, police personnel continued to be deployed on the campus. Police personnel, who had entered the campus on Tuesday, said they had done so for the “safety of the students.” Two students, who were picked up by the police were sent back late last night, one of the coordinators and a PG political science student, K Ragu Prasath told PTI.

The two students were picked up for questioning over allegedly inciting students of affiliated colleges to join the stir at the varsity’s Marina campus. The varsity, according to the protesting students, has declared holiday till January 2. Students, who sat near the main entrance of the sprawling campus, which is just opposite the famous Marina beach, raised slogans against the Centre, the BJP, the RSS and its student body, the ABVP.

The protesting students are seeking withdrawal of the CAA. They are protesting the police action on students of Jamia Milia University in New Delhi and opposing the nation- wide NRC. The Madras University is one of the oldest in the country and students of the varsity are among others in Tamil Nadu who have been protesting against the CAA.

CAA protests: 12 policemen among 21 injured in violence at Seelampur

A “hidden mob”, which swelled to 4,000 to 5,000 people, indulged in “minor clashes” with police in Seelampur, officials said.

Twenty-one people, including 12 policemen and six civilians, were injured in violence that erupted during a protest against the amended Citizenship Act in Delhi’s Seelampur on Tuesday, police said. Three personnel of Rapid Action Force were also injured, the officer said. Protestors torched several bikes, pelted policemen with stones and damaged buses and a police booth in Seelampur. A “hidden mob”, which swelled to 4,000 to 5,000 people, indulged in “minor clashes” with police in Seelampur, officials said.

AAP urges peace: The AAP and its Seelampur MLA Haji Ishraq appealed to the people to register their protest peacefully. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also appealed to Delhiites to maintain peace, saying violence cannot be tolerated in a civilised society.

Ex-Cong MLA named in Jamia FIR: The police has named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as an accused in its FIR on the Jamia violence on December 15, officials said on Tuesday.

Cops enter Madras varsity: A section of the students of the Madras University continued their protest for the second day on Tuesday as police entered the campus. Defiant students said they will continue their agitation “through the night”.

Bangladesh seeks to postpone meet: Bangladesh has sought postponement of two meetings on river management scheduled for later this week, sources said. Officials from the Ministry of Jal Shakti were to meet their Bangladeshi counterparts in New Delhi on Thursday and Friday…

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Citizenship Act mix: Violence rocks Delhi; transports burnt, 60 harmed

BJP accused the Aam Aadmi Party for the savagery and requested it quit “inciting individuals”, however the AAP dismissed the charge

Dissenters burnt four open transports and two police vehicles on Sunday as they conflicted with police in south Delhi’s New Friends’ Colony close Jamia Millia Islamia college during an exhibition against the corrected Citizenship Act, leaving six cops and two fire fighters harmed, authorities said.

The issue began during a dissent by understudies of Jamia college. Be that as it may, an understudies’ body later said they don’t had anything to do with the brutality and pyromania and asserted that “specific components” had participate and “upset” the showing. Not long after the brutality, Jamia Millia Islamia Chief Proctor Waseem Ahmed Khan guaranteed that the Delhi Police entered the grounds coercively with no authorization and beat up staff individuals and understudies who had to leave the grounds.

Denouncing the police activity, college bad habit chancellor Najma Akhtar said understudies who were inside the library have been taken out and are protected. After the brutality, a Jamia understudies’ body gave an announcement, saying, “We have on numerous occasions kept up that our fights are quiet and peaceful. We remain by this methodology.” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said any sort of savagery is unsuitable and fights ought to stay tranquil. Appointee CM Manish Sisodia said that all schools in southeast Delhi would stay shut on Monday...

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Citizenship Bill cleared by Rajya Sabha with 125 ayes after a 9-hour debate

In Assam, capital Guwahati was the epicentre of anti-CAB protests and was placed under indefinite curfew.

Parliament on Wednesday passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) amid widespread protests and incidents of violence against the proposed law in the Northeastern states, particularly Assam and Tripura. In Assam, capital Guwahati was the epicentre of anti-CAB protests and was placed under indefinite curfew. The Army was also deployed in the city. Assam Rifles personnel were deployed in Tripura. Internet services have been suspended in 10 districts of Assam.

In a related development, Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service officer Abdur Rahman quit the service over the “blatantly communal and unconstitutional” Bill. The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill at 8:45 p.m., after a nearly nine-hour-long debate with 125 members voting in support of the Bill and 99 against. The current strength of the House is 240, with five vacancies.

Sources said 16 members absented from voting, including all three of the Shiv Sena and two out of the four of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The Sena had voted in favour of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, which had passed it on Monday.It said it staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha as the government did not give satisfactory replies to its queries on the Bill. The next battle for the Bill, once it gets presidential assent, is set to be fought in the Supreme Court with several Opposition parties and legal experts claiming that it violates the Constitution, particularly Article 14….