Over 200 women gather near Delhi's Jaffrabad metro station to protest against CAA and NRC, raise slogans of 'aazadi'
Over 200 women gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in Delhi on Saturday night in protest against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
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Over 200 women gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in Delhi on Saturday night in protest against Citizenship Amendment Act
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The women, raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke the new citizenship legislation
New Delhi: Over 200 women gathered near the Jaffrabad metro station in Delhi on Saturday night in protest against the new citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
#WATCH Delhi: People continue to protest in Jaffrabad metro station area, against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct. Security has been deployed there.
As per the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, entry and exit of Jaffrabad have been closed. Trains will not be halting at this station. pic.twitter.com/gOLTj9MUnG
— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2020
The women, raising slogans of 'aazadi', said they would not move from the site till the Centre revoke Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
URGENT MOBILIZATION NEEDED #ZAFRABAD
The police tried to run the detention van into the protestors, women came right in front and stopped it. @PinjraTod @kavita_krishnan @BDUTT @NabiyaKhan11 @naukarshah @UAH_India @MirchiSayema @ThePeopleOfIN @_YogendraYadav @ReallySwara pic.twitter.com/UzezDdOcne— Shaheen Bagh Official (@ShaheenBagh_) February 22, 2020
There is a protest already going on near the main Seelampur road against the amended Citizenship Act.
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