PM mega rally updates: On CAA issue, Modi assures no harm to Indian Muslims

Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 15:47 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega rally in Delhi's iconic Ramlila Maidan on Sunday amid massive nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The protests have left at least 23 people dead, with 16 of them reported in Uttar Pradesh.

PM mega rally updates: Modi begins addresses at Ramlila Maidan

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Dec 22, 2019, 3:23 PM IST

Modi urged the people of Delhi to launch a mass cleanliness drive before the year ends. He said that we should welcome new year with a cleaner Delhi.

Dec 22, 2019, 3:23 PM IST

Will do everything for peace, security of nation

Dec 22, 2019, 3:23 PM IST

Congress and its supporters are also disturbed by the fact that why PM Modi is respected in the world and especially, in Muslim countries

Dec 22, 2019, 3:23 PM IST

Congress and its supporters are also disturbed by the fact that why PM Modi is respected in the world and especially, in Muslim countries

Dec 22, 2019, 3:12 PM IST

Mamata didi went from Kolkata to UN. Few years back, she was pleading before Parliament that infiltrators coming from Bangladesh should be stopped. Didi what has happened you? Why did you change? Why are you spreading rumours? Elections come & go. Why are you scared?

Dec 22, 2019, 3:12 PM IST

I am very confident that those who are standing with the tricolour in their hands will also raise voice against Pakistan sponsored terrorism. They will inspire people to do that.

Dec 22, 2019, 3:12 PM IST

2 weeks ago, a daughter was born at Majnu-ka-tila who was named 'nagarikta'. I want to ask miscreants & people engaged in remote control politics, if lives of 'nagarikta' & her parents become easy, if problem of any citizen of country is solved, why does it pain you?

Dec 22, 2019, 3:10 PM IST

Muslim countries released many Indian prisoners, Saudi increased Hajj quota

Dec 22, 2019, 3:08 PM IST

Assam's former CM and senior Congress leader Tarun Gogoi had written letters to the PM to provide help for religiously persecuted minorities from Bangladesh

Dec 22, 2019, 2:59 PM IST

Modi says there is a very simple difference — an infiltrator never reveals his identity and a refugee never hides his identity. Many of these infiltrators are coming out and speaking. Why don't they speak the truth? They are scared that their reality will come out.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:58 PM IST

There is a very simple difference, an infiltrator never reveals his identity and a refugee never hides his identity. Many of these infiltrators are coming out and speaking. Why don't they speak the truth? They are scared that their reality will come out.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:58 PM IST

Is Modi guilty if he delivers on Manmohan Singh's demands? asks PM

Dec 22, 2019, 2:48 PM IST

PM Modi says that girls are religiously converted and forced to marry in Pakistan. It is well-documented. It only happens because they follow a different religion. These people have come to India only due to such religious persecution:

Dec 22, 2019, 2:48 PM IST

Some dalit leaders, too, have entered the muddle without even understanding.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:46 PM IST

We had a chance to expose Pakistan's discrimination against minorities but it was lost due to our rivals' politics

Dec 22, 2019, 2:46 PM IST

The Act will only apply to the people who've been living in India for several years now. No new refugee will benefit from the Citizenship Amendment Act

Dec 22, 2019, 2:46 PM IST

Citizenship law and NRC have nothing to do with Indian Muslims

Dec 22, 2019, 2:45 PM IST

Politicians belonging to 100-year old political parties are not voicing for peace. They are mum on the violence being meted out on policemen and other people. It clearly shows you agree with this

Dec 22, 2019, 2:44 PM IST

NRC came at the time of Congress. Were they sleeping then? We neither brought NRC in cabinet nor in Parliament. If we're passing a legislation to give you ownership rights, in the same session will we bring a legislation to send you out?

Dec 22, 2019, 2:42 PM IST

Congress and its friends, some urban naxals are spreading rumours that all Muslims will be sent to detention centres...Respect your education, read what is Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC. You are educated.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the police is there to always help the people and attacking them is not justified.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:36 PM IST

Amended citizenship law has nothing to do with Indian citizens

Dec 22, 2019, 2:36 PM IST

Modi says no appeal for peace from seven-year-old party, it shows violence has its indirect approval

Dec 22, 2019, 2:36 PM IST

33,000 police personnel sacrificed their lives for peace&security in country, since independence. Today, you are brutally thrashing them. When any problem arises, police don't ask your religion or caste, whatever the weather or time they are there to help you.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:29 PM IST

Why are so many people lying then? Why are they misleading the country? Why are they misleading the Muslims of the country?

Dec 22, 2019, 2:29 PM IST

Muslims being misled, I have always ensured that documents will never come in way of development schemes and their beneficiaries

Dec 22, 2019, 2:28 PM IST

I dare rivals to find anything discriminatory in my work

Dec 22, 2019, 2:28 PM IST

Lie being spread that I brought law to snatch people's rights, it will not stand

Dec 22, 2019, 2:26 PM IST

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter:

Dear Youth of 🇮🇳,

Modi & Shah have destroyed your future.They can’t face your anger over the lack of jobs & damage they’ve done to the economy. That’s why they are dividing our beloved 🇮🇳& hiding behind hate.

We can only defeat them by responding with love towards every Indian.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2019

Dec 22, 2019, 2:22 PM IST

"We have never questioned or discriminated people based on their religion. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians all were befitted by the unauthorized colonies Bill, everyone who lives here was benefitted. Why did we do this? Because we live for the love of the country," said PM Modi.

Dec 22, 2019, 9:03 am IST

The rally at Ramlila Maidan will begin around 11.30 am, according to reports. The venue is a just over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj locality, where the police used water cannons and batons on protestors on Friday evening.

Dec 22, 2019, 9:03 am IST

Elaborate secutiy arrangements have been made at Ramlila Maidan, which is a little over a kilometre away from Old Delhi's Daryaganj that was hit by violence on Friday during the protest against the amended Citizenship Act.

Dec 22, 2019, 9:03 am IST

Spaces across the Ramlila Maidan had been declared no-fly zones through central safety businesses, protecting in thoughts intelligence inputs that some other people would possibly try to disrupt the High Minister’s rally.

Dec 22, 2019, 9:17 am IST

Delhi Police spokesperson Mandeep Singh Randhawa stated a three-layer safety quilt comprising officials from the Particular Coverage Team (SPG) and Delhi Police is being positioned on the venue to thwart any untoward incidents.

Dec 22, 2019, 9:44 am IST

The rally will kick off the ruling party’s election campaign in Delhi, which will go to the polls early next year.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:03 am IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that an estimated two lakh attendees from across the north India are coming to the event aboard 3,000 buses.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:04 am IST

In a statement, senior BJP leader Vijay Goel said preparations for the 'dhanyawad rally', which is being organised to thank PM Modi for giving ownership rights to 40 lakh residents of 1,731 unauthorised colonies, are in full swing.

चलो रामलीला मैदान। pic.twitter.com/P5fPtdxCsB
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) December 21, 2019

Dec 22, 2019, 10:04 am IST

According to a senior police official, 20 companies of outside force will be deployed. Each company has 70-80 personnel. "Twenty DCP rank officials will be there. As many as 1,000 personnel from local police, anti-drone teams and NSG commandos will be there. The entire area around the venue will be sanitised," the official said.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:05 am IST

Area sanitisation means that the movement of locals will be restricted, shops will be closed and security personnel will be deployed.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:05 am IST

Apart from this, traffic police personnel will also be deployed along the route to be taken by the prime minister, the official said.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:25 am IST

According to sources, senior officials remained in huddle till 5 am on Saturday to discuss the security arrangements. In the meeting, among other things, it was decided that social media should be monitored to stop rumour-mongering, especially in the wake of ongoing protests against the contentious legislation.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:25 am IST

Checking of vehicles has been stepped up on border areas to ensure that "unscrupulous" elements do not enter the national capital to disrupt the rally, the sources said.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:25 am IST

Visuals from where Modi will be addressing a rally at Ram Leela Maidan later today, security tightened in the area

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a rally at Ram Leela Maidan later today, security tightened in the area pic.twitter.com/QktUV4byb3
— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2019

Dec 22, 2019, 10:36 am IST

Meanwhile, the Delhi BJP has also deployed volunteers as part of its security arrangements for the rally.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:36 am IST

Cutouts of PM Modi, BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah and Working President J P Nadda have been put up around Ramlila Maidan.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:36 am IST

Outside the premises, people from Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh will be playing 'dhol'.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:37 am IST

The BJP has majorly focused on unauthorised colonies in this rally because this will become a big issue in the upcoming Delhi elections. A tableau of unauthorised colony has been installed too.

Dec 22, 2019, 10:49 am IST

Meanwhile, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will corner the government by leading protest rallies against CAA and NRC across the city with its top brass present

Dec 22, 2019, 12:35 pm IST

Apart from Modi, seven top members of Parliament from Delhi and the entire Delhi BJP leadership are likely to be in attendance.

Dec 22, 2019, 12:37 pm IST

Thousands of people have gathered at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi

पीएम श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी कुछ ही देर में दिल्ली के रामलीला मैदान में 'आभार रैली' को संबोधित करेंगे। #DilliChaleModiKeSaath

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Dec 22, 2019, 12:37 pm IST

Delhi Traffic Police releases advisory

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— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) December 22, 2019

Dec 22, 2019, 1:10 pm IST

PM Modi will shortly address the 'Aabhaar Rally' at Ramlila Maidan

Dec 22, 2019, 1:11 pm IST

Modi is also expected to address the issue of Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, keeping in mind the protests that have been erupted across different states.

Dec 22, 2019, 1:41 pm IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated at the Ramlila Maidan. He will address a rally shortly.

Dec 22, 2019, 1:41 pm IST

PM Narendra Modi addresses a rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

Dec 22, 2019, 1:51 pm IST

Even after several decades after Independence, a large section of population in Delhi had to face fear, uncertainty, deceit & false electoral promises. Illegal, sealing, bulldozer & a cut-off date - life of a large population in Delhi' was confined around these words.

Dec 22, 2019, 1:51 pm IST

Modi raises slogan of 'vividhta me ekta, Bharat ki visheshta'

Dec 22, 2019, 1:59 pm IST

BJP got chance to usher in a new dawn for over 40 lakh people by giving them ownership rights to their houses

Dec 22, 2019, 2:00 pm IST

You should know what those people, whom you were asking for something for yourself, were doing. They had illegally given 2000 lavish bungalows to their people. No one knows what was given to whom in lieu of that.

Dec 22, 2019, 2:00 pm IST

The problem stood as it was for decades. The past govts never showed the honesty or desire to solve these problems