India has seen several demonstrations over the new citizenship law with Delhi witnessing massive protests Thursday. ThePrint explains what’s changed in amended Act.
Police detained scores of protesters at anti-Citizenship Act rallies in Delhi and Bengaluru, including historian Ramachandra Guha and political analyst Yogendra Yadav.
People travelling to Delhi from Gurugram & Noida get stranded for hours due to traffic restrictions. Police checking all vehicles entering city. 14 metro stations shut.
Earlier in the day several protesters including Yogendra Yadav, Ramachandra Guha were detained as citizenship law protests were taken out in Delhi, Bengaluru.
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With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Modi BJP wants to divide India again into 2 parts. So that GANDHI can be replace by MODI, WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
MODI NAME IN HISTORY WILL BE WRITTEN AS CRIMINAL COMMUNAL DIVIDER INDIAN PM.
If 124 MP’s in RS can not get together for a cause without a gun to their head,you think all these strike, protest, whatever, will result in what you would prefer to happen in India ?
No two man army can do things expecting something in a nation of 1.3 Billion. It gets worse when the third duffer from Nagpur is included in planning of the scheme.
I hope that the people have finally awoken from their slumber of five years and will give the BJP/RSS the boot in elections. Why it took this long I do not know but I sincerely hope the outrage of the citizens continues until this government is no longer in power! Oh and by the way the protest has as many other religions as Muslims! This is not only about the anti-Muslim BJP/RSS as it is about all the bad laws that the BJP has put out! There is a lot of anger in the people and Modi is doing nothing but stoking that anger!
the truth is that the opposition is so weak that they could not have organized anything at this scale! the protests are indeed spontaneous. whether or not this will impact the electoral fortunes of the bjp is yet to be seen.
Helloooo, which world are you living in? The only people opposing the Muslims and the Loony left and they are being by a rudderless “opposition”. And of course being given excessive oxygen by the biased media.
Go beyond your usual circle of the looney left and other such people and you will realise that most Hindus actively support the law and the fence sitters, after seeing the Muslims and congress demonstrate, are now convinced that The law is good thing. In statistical terms, go and get a “representative Sample before you come to such judgements
wake up and look around – even Bollywood has spoken in support of protest and agaist police brutality. bjp will no doubt win the elections – probably with the help of EVMs. but somethign has changed and people are not fooled any more.
Caught unawares … That does not speak well of an uber control oriented set up, which prides itself on surveillance capabilities. The good thing is that the pan Indian NRC is now almost certainly off the table. Short of an adverse electoral verdict, these protests – sponsored or engineered, just as we agonise whether the slow down is cyclical or structural – have provided an MRI scan of popularity. Not like the opinion polls carried out by friendly magazines and channels.
Hahaha this shows Mr Ashok how dumb you are. The protests is mostly in usual suspects, Muslims and leftists dominated circles. The more they more protest, the more bjp will consolidate it’s position amongst Hindus. And believe me now NRC will surely happen.
When did Muzzies voted for bjp? Bjp got votes from Hindus and other non-muslims.
oh no! the protests come from the 60% that did not vote BJP + a section of the 40% who did. do the math! 60+>>40-
Total vote share was 50 % plus for BJP stop smelling kopi and hullicinating..anyways it is coffee
anyways it is coffee> ???what is coffee??? you mean covfefe?
Total vote share was 50 % plus for BJP > where? in their non-existant internal elections?
learn some maths: 67% turn out, 37% for bjp. that makes what % of TOTAL population for BJP? beta, karo math! thora multiplication karke dikhado!
and learn some indian languages … kopi yani-ki phulkopi and bandhakopi – go figure which language. unlike what the rss imagines, india is large and diverse.
where do you live? rss-dreamland? 37.36% not one bit more! 50% my foot!!
again lies and propaganda of the IT-cell: in which dreamland did BJP win more than 50%? they won 37% that is all!!!
LIES! Lots and lots of Hindus, young and not-so-young are VEHEMENTLY PROTESTING MODI’S CAA! JUST SEE THE PICTURES THAT ARE BEING PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE MEDIA.
Rather unexpectedly, CAA protests are occuring in opposite corners of the country. Even the castration of Art 370 was not opposed so vociferously or violently. The opposition parties are not so well organised to instigate riots in so many places. BJP seems to have miscalculated its step. I have no doubt that CAA is an essential step to clear the mess left behind by the previous governments. But, heavens would not have fallen if the bill had been referred to Select Committee for debate. In any case, it would have come before the Parliament in the first week of budget session. In fact, the debate would have helped give time to the public to digest the matter and form informed opinion. I notice that after Amit Shah’s entry into government, NDA government has become reckless, pushy, and stepping on the toes. Not a good sign.
Heavens would also not have fallen if Article 370 had been abrogated in the year 2069. Or not at all.
The more they protest CAB, the more bjp will win. After they ruckus created by usual suspects like Muslims, Left libs etc. The Hindus will consolidate behind BJP more strongly.
Modi BJP wants to divide India again into 2 parts. So that GANDHI can be replace by MODI, WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
MODI NAME IN HISTORY WILL BE WRITTEN AS CRIMINAL COMMUNAL DIVIDER INDIAN PM.
If 124 MP’s in RS can not get together for a cause without a gun to their head,you think all these strike, protest, whatever, will result in what you would prefer to happen in India ?
No two man army can do things expecting something in a nation of 1.3 Billion. It gets worse when the third duffer from Nagpur is included in planning of the scheme.
I hope that the people have finally awoken from their slumber of five years and will give the BJP/RSS the boot in elections. Why it took this long I do not know but I sincerely hope the outrage of the citizens continues until this government is no longer in power! Oh and by the way the protest has as many other religions as Muslims! This is not only about the anti-Muslim BJP/RSS as it is about all the bad laws that the BJP has put out! There is a lot of anger in the people and Modi is doing nothing but stoking that anger!
the truth is that the opposition is so weak that they could not have organized anything at this scale! the protests are indeed spontaneous. whether or not this will impact the electoral fortunes of the bjp is yet to be seen.
Helloooo, which world are you living in? The only people opposing the Muslims and the Loony left and they are being by a rudderless “opposition”. And of course being given excessive oxygen by the biased media.
Go beyond your usual circle of the looney left and other such people and you will realise that most Hindus actively support the law and the fence sitters, after seeing the Muslims and congress demonstrate, are now convinced that The law is good thing. In statistical terms, go and get a “representative Sample before you come to such judgements
wake up and look around – even Bollywood has spoken in support of protest and agaist police brutality. bjp will no doubt win the elections – probably with the help of EVMs. but somethign has changed and people are not fooled any more.
Caught unawares … That does not speak well of an uber control oriented set up, which prides itself on surveillance capabilities. The good thing is that the pan Indian NRC is now almost certainly off the table. Short of an adverse electoral verdict, these protests – sponsored or engineered, just as we agonise whether the slow down is cyclical or structural – have provided an MRI scan of popularity. Not like the opinion polls carried out by friendly magazines and channels.
Hahaha this shows Mr Ashok how dumb you are. The protests is mostly in usual suspects, Muslims and leftists dominated circles. The more they more protest, the more bjp will consolidate it’s position amongst Hindus. And believe me now NRC will surely happen.
When did Muzzies voted for bjp? Bjp got votes from Hindus and other non-muslims.
oh no! the protests come from the 60% that did not vote BJP + a section of the 40% who did. do the math! 60+>>40-
Total vote share was 50 % plus for BJP stop smelling kopi and hullicinating..anyways it is coffee
anyways it is coffee> ???what is coffee??? you mean covfefe?
Total vote share was 50 % plus for BJP > where? in their non-existant internal elections?
learn some maths: 67% turn out, 37% for bjp. that makes what % of TOTAL population for BJP? beta, karo math! thora multiplication karke dikhado!
and learn some indian languages … kopi yani-ki phulkopi and bandhakopi – go figure which language. unlike what the rss imagines, india is large and diverse.
where do you live? rss-dreamland? 37.36% not one bit more! 50% my foot!!
again lies and propaganda of the IT-cell: in which dreamland did BJP win more than 50%? they won 37% that is all!!!
LIES! Lots and lots of Hindus, young and not-so-young are VEHEMENTLY PROTESTING MODI’S CAA! JUST SEE THE PICTURES THAT ARE BEING PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE MEDIA.
Rather unexpectedly, CAA protests are occuring in opposite corners of the country. Even the castration of Art 370 was not opposed so vociferously or violently. The opposition parties are not so well organised to instigate riots in so many places. BJP seems to have miscalculated its step. I have no doubt that CAA is an essential step to clear the mess left behind by the previous governments. But, heavens would not have fallen if the bill had been referred to Select Committee for debate. In any case, it would have come before the Parliament in the first week of budget session. In fact, the debate would have helped give time to the public to digest the matter and form informed opinion. I notice that after Amit Shah’s entry into government, NDA government has become reckless, pushy, and stepping on the toes. Not a good sign.
Heavens would also not have fallen if Article 370 had been abrogated in the year 2069. Or not at all.
The more they protest CAB, the more bjp will win. After they ruckus created by usual suspects like Muslims, Left libs etc. The Hindus will consolidate behind BJP more strongly.
Not at all spontaneous