Ramachandra Guha Detained During Protest Against Citizenship Amendment Act in Bengaluru
Police detained historian Ramachandra Guha during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Bengaluru, December 19: Police detained historian Ramachandra Guha during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Bengaluru on Thursday. Ramachandra Guha along with others was protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Town Hall in Bengaluru. Police have imposed Section 144 in the city to prevent agitation against the CAA. Several outfits have called for a bandh or march to protest against the newly-passed Act. Citizenship Act 1955 - Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 Full Text: Know Two Laws About Indian Citizenship.
"I feel sorry for the police. Police are acting at the behest of their colonial masters. I feel sorry for them. Why is it that only BJP states have this (Citizenship Amendment Act)? Why no other state has it? This is totally wrong. There are just ordinary citizens protesting...Our paranoid rulers in Delhi are scared. Our Home Minister would not dare allow a peaceful protest. Everyone should stand up," Guha was heard saying in a video before police took him away. Citizenship Amendment Bill Debate: Manipur to be Exempted Via Inner Line Permit, Says Amit Shah; Here's How ILP Will Offset CAB Impact.
Ramachandra Guha Detained by Bengaluru Police:
The Citizen Amendment Act grants Indian citizenship to persecuted religious minorities, like Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the neighbouring Muslim-majority countries, like Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Indigenous communities, especially in the northeast, are also demanding the repeal of the CAA as it may change the demography of areas.
Large gatherings and sit-in demonstrations are banned in Bengaluru till December 21. "The ban has been imposed under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) from 6 a.m. on Thursday to Saturday midnight in view of the shutdown call by social and student organisations," Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao told news agency IANS. Besides Bengaluru, prohibitory orders are also imposed in Kalaburagi, Shivamogga and Dakshin Kannada districts.
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