New Delhi, Feb 23 : Over 2000 of anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters mostly women gathered outside Jaffrabad metro station in northeast Delhi on Saturday night.
The protesters have blocked road no. 66 which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar.
Police force in large number have reached the spot to take stock of the situation and prevent any enormity.
LoHowever, protesters claimed that there was not a single female police official present at the site. They further said that it was just a move to intensify the movement against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Shadab, one of the protesters said, “This protest is against CAA, NRC and also seeking reservation for Dalits. The movement is primarily led by the women, while the men are only supporting them”.
“We have blocked the road in order to protest and we will not move from the site till the Centre revokes the draconian law,” the protester added.
Demanding repeal of the citizenship law the women were seen carrying national flags as they shouted “Azaadi (freedom)” slogans amid heavy police presence. The crowd swelled overnight as more women and children joined them. “We want freedom from CAA, NRC,” said one of them. The metro station was temporarily closed this morning due to the protests.
With blue bands on their arms, the women at Jaffrabad metro station last night raised ”Jai Bhim (Long live Bhim) slogans. Chandrashekhar Azad will lead protests today after the top court on February 9 said that states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments and promotions and that “quotas are not a fundamental right”.
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