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More than 100,000 protesters attended a protest march named "Million March" against the Citizenship Amendment Bill held in Hyderabad. [ 233 ] In Bangalore hundreds of protesters participated in a rally and accused the Modi government of attempting to divide India on the basis of religion, and distracting people from the issues of economic ...
The passage of the legislation caused large-scale protests in India. [24] Assam and other northeastern states witnessed violent demonstrations against the bill over fears that granting Indian citizenship to refugees and immigrants will cause a loss of their "political rights, culture and land rights" and motivate further migration from Bangladesh.
CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh was a protest that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019. and the police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing law which gives priority to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians resident in India before 2014, but excludes Muslims ...
It became one of the most organised protests against CAA-NRC. [14] [169] On request from the protesters, the West Bengal state government provided them with tents, bio-toilets, running water and lights so their protest could run continuously. [170] Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram visited the protest and conducted a workshop there on CAA ...
Shaheen Bagh protests against CAA, NRC and NPR in Pune on 22 Jan 2020 Main article: Citizenship Amendment Act protests CAA and NRC protests are a series of protests in India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act , which was enacted into law on 12 December 2019, and against the nationwide implementation of the NRC. [ 48 ]
Sexual violence against women is a widespread problem in India. In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reports of rape — a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
No NRC movement was originated in West Bengal, after the National Register of Citizens for Assam (NRC Assam) Draft List was published in 2018. [1] [2] It predated the Citizenship Amendment Act protests [2] and created the conditions for protests against the CAA to grow, especially in West Bengal.
On the morning of 15 December 2019, more than two thousand students of Jamia joined the protests against CAA in Delhi. [11] Jamia Millia Student Body and Jamia Millia Islamia Teacher's Association (JTA) condemned the violence that happened on the same day in Delhi and stated that no student or teacher was involved in the violence.