Anyone born in India before July 1, 1987 or whose parents were born before that date are bona fide Indian citizens according to law and need not worry due to the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) or a possible countrywide NRC, a top government official said on Friday.
In its advisory, the ministry has pointed out that certain TV channels were broadcasting content which could instigate violence. This is the second such govt advisory amid the ongoing protests against the citizenship law. Read the letter here
Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)and the proposed National Register for Citizens (NRC) took a violent turn in Madhya Pradesh on Friday forcing the authorities to clamp curfew in parts of Jabalpur city.
Filmmaker-music director Vishal Bhardwaj has shared his views on the current political situation, saying the scenario is serious.
At least 13 government vehicles - including 12 MSRTC buses and a fire brigade truck - were stoned by miscreants as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in different parts of the state on Friday turned violent.
BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party said on Friday that protests against the amended citizenship law and NRC make it clear that the Union government has "failed" to dispel confusion among a significant section of society. LJP president Chirag Paswan, whose party had backed the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, noted that the protests are happening in various parts of the country with people linking the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with the amended law.
Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Friday said his protest against the amended citizenship law was to safeguard the Constitution. Azad's outfit led the anti-CAA protest march from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar on Friday despite no permission from police.
A delegation of Congress leaders from Bengaluru was detained at the Manguluru airport on Friday due to curfew in the violence-hit port city, where two people died of bullet injuries following the anti-CAA protests
Violent protests broke out against the amended citizenship law in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Friday. Protests turned violent when protesters set ablaze vehicles in the area. The agitators also indulged in stone-pelting.
The Gauhati High Court on Friday dismissed a review petition filed by the Assam government against its order to resume the mobile internet from Thursday evening.
"If you've forgotten about what happens when the majority loses patience, just look back at what happened after Godhra. The majority here is capable of repeating it. Don't test our patience,” said Karnataka minister CT Ravi
The situation has turned tense in several districts of Uttar Pradesh, with reporters of firing and stone-pelting coming from Bulandshahr and violence being reported from Gorakhpur, Firozabad, Kanpur and Hapur.
Students at the Jamia Millia Islamia have been at the forefront of the protest against the amended citizenship law. Akhtar had called the police's entry in the campus on December 15 "condemnable" and had called for a judicial inquiry into the matter.
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The Kalindi Kunj road connecting Noida and Delhi will remain closed on Friday and commuters have been advised to opt for alternative routes, the Noida Traffic police said on Thursday evening.
Amid ongoing protests against the new Citizenship law, internet services in Ghaziabad have been suspended till 10 pm on Friday. The Ghaziabad district administration in a statement said: "Internet services to be suspended in the district from 10 pm on Thursday till 10 pm on December 20."
Section 144 has been imposed in 44 districts of Madhya Pradesh due to the ongoing protests against the new citizenship law. The protests were held in 12 districts - Bhopal, Shajapur, Khandwa, Khargone, Seoni, Gwalior, Betul, Ratlam, Barwani, Sagar, Ujjain and Panna.
No untoward incident was reported during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in the national capital on Thursday, the Delhi Police said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday his government will take "revenge" on those involved in the violence over the amended Citizenship Act by auctioning their property to compensate for the losses.
The situation in Delhi on Thursday was worse than that during the Emergency with internet shut, metro stations closed and crackdown on protests against the amended citizenship law, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury claimed on Thursday. He asserted that demonstrations against the contentious law will continue.
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