Every 'Bagh' can be Shaheen Bagh: Chandrashekhar Azad vows 5,000 more nationwide protest in 10 days
New Delhi, Jan 23: Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, where thousands of women and children have been continuing it's protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) over a month now, was charged up more on Wednesday as the Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited and expressed solidarity to the protesters. Azad vowed that in the next 10 days 5,000 more protest sites like it will emerge across the country.
Women in South Delhi's Shaheen Bagh has been on a sit-in protest since mid-December 2019. The protest is against the CAA, NRC and the brutal attacks on students in various universities such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University.
On Wednesday, Azad reached the demonstration spot in south Delhi's Shaheen and expressed solidarity to the protesters. Besides this, he also addressed the vast gathering, he claimed that Centre's new citizenship law is a "black law" dividing people along religious lines.
Wishing the protesters who have participated there, Azad, also added that it is not just a political agitation, this protest aims to save the Constitution and the unity of the nation.
Praising the valour of the women demonstrators, whose determination were unbreakable even in the chilling cold of the capital, the Bhim Amry chief said, "(BR) Ambedkar had said that women will lead. Today when the Constitution is in danger, women are leading the country and fighting for it."
Anti CAA protests: Court modifies bail conditions, allows Chandrashekhar Azad to visit Delhi
Challenging the centre's decision on CAA, Azad said the government would have to walk over the dead bodies of the protesters if it refused to withdraw the contentious citizenship law.
Azad's
statement
came
days
after
Union
Home
Minister
Amit
Shah,
said
that
the
government
would
not
withdraw
CAA
and
protesters
may
continue
to
show
agitation.
Holding
the
Constitution,
Azad
vowed
the
protesters
that
in
the
next
10
days
there
will
be
at
least
5,000
Shaheen
Baghs
across
the
nation.
Azad was granted bail last week in a case related to anti-CAA protests at Delhi's Daryaganj on the condition that he should not be in Delhi for the next four weeks. He was accused of inciting people during an anti-CAA protest at Jama Masjid on December 20, 2019.
The
court
also
directed
him
not
to
hold
any
dharna
in
the
national
capital
till
the
elections.
However,
on
Tuesday,
modifying
the
bail
conditions
of
Azad,
the
Delhi
court
said
that
he
could
re-enter
the
national
capital
providing
a
full
schedule
of
his
movements
to
be
submitted,
at
least
24
hours
prior
to
his
return.