INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI |
Updated: Jan 17, 2020 07:41 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing festivities of Pongal, Telangana's capital Hyderabad witnessed a
peaceful protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Population Register (NPR)
Locals, students, activists and political parties took to the street to demonstrate against the citizenship act and the National Register
A Rangoli event was also held in Hyderabad where people drew colourful rangolis to protest against anti-government policies
Speaking to ANI, CPI leader Sudhakar said "People are frustrated about the NRC and CAA
This is because the Forum for protection of Constitutional rights has given a call to this Rangoli event
We can witness the colorful Rangoli on the ground and the colorful kites in the sky
We can see a rangoli stating "No NRC"."This is a peaceful protest
Our central government is against the people and we demand the government to scrap the NRC and CAA
We are going to this event on the district level and state level till CAA and NRC is scrapped," he said
Sandhya Rani, a Women's Rights Activist told ANI: "On behalf of Save Constitutional Rights Committee, we have organised this event
We are doing a peaceful protest by converting the festival into a protest.""By this amendment a majority of the Hindus are going to be
affected and it is a myth that only the Islamic community is going to get affected
The poor and lower caste too are going to get affected
Now there is a burden on everyone's shoulder to prove their citizenship
The impact is on every citizen
So in this scenario we have taken a common people to form this protest," she said
The protestors said that the current atmosphere in the country is very chaotic due to CAA and NRC
"The Central government is creating disturbances by not abiding with the Constitution
We want everyone to be treated equally in this democracy
We are demanding for peacefulness and equality," Krishna Kumar, a protestor said
