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In an unexpected twist for the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP), protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act are raging ahead full steam throughout the country. After the agitation started in Assam, it spread to Delhi, Lucknow, and Karnataka and is now taking place in various parts in Maharashtra.
After the peaceful and successful protest in Mumbai yesterday, that saw thousands thronging to the August KrantiMaidan to protest against the CAA, today on December 20, anti-CAA protestors came out in Kurla, Pune and Nagpur in large number.
Pune – Thousands of people gathered to protest against CAA and express solidarity with the students of JamiaMilliaIslamia University and Aligarh Muslim University in light of the police brutality against them. The people marched from BabajanChowk Camp to the Collector’s Office.
https://twitter.com/htTweets/status/1207983028804259840
#Maharashtra | People protest against #CitizenshipAct and #NationalRegisterofCitizens, in Pune. (ANI)
Track LIVE updates here: https://t.co/wdUr1OBB71 #CAAProtests #CAA_NRC_Protests pic.twitter.com/ywzbNlEb9B
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/lionic/status/1207972121395249154
#CAAProtests Pune against CAA NRC 20th Dec pic.twitter.com/5ZCPTga6Sj
— Abbas Gadhia (@lionic) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/muftiwahidsdy/status/1207996523507642368
Thousands of people peacefully protest against the #CitizenshipAmmendmentAct in Pune. Thanks @CPPuneCity @PuneCityPolice @PuneCityTraffic for their co-operation. #AbuHadi @muftiwahidsdy #CAAProtests #IndiaAgainstCAA #PuneAgainstCAA #PuneRejectCAA #Puneprotest #ThanksPunePolice pic.twitter.com/bkDmML1zda
— Mufti Wahiduzzaman Siddequey (@muftiwahidsdy) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/wpimahrashtra/status/1208026720646746114
#CAA_NRC_Protests
Pimpri Chinchwad Pune
Maharashtra Protests against #CAA_NRC_Protests pic.twitter.com/9aEFLIlWm2— Welfare Party of India Maharashtra ویلفیئر پارٹی (@wpimahrashtra) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/kaef613229/status/1208016726186610689
@Shehla_Rashid @pepper_smoker @SabinaBasha
Pune Protest
Date 20 Dec 2019
MG Road pic.twitter.com/LhuLWt1GwD— Asad Ahmed (@kaef613229) December 20, 2019
Nagpur, Samvidhan Square: Over 1 lakh people gathered at the Samvidhan Square in agitation against the CAA. The peaceful protest was carried out under the leadership of Manoj Bansod of the Bhim Panther and Bhim Sarkar Group.
https://twitter.com/likiweaks20/status/1208012492179304448
Around 1 lakh people participated in a peaceful protest rally against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct in Nagpur. #CAAProtests #CAA_NRC #IndiaAgainstCAAhttps://t.co/8Chv6u7WyN pic.twitter.com/QGRW4faMVb
— Healthy India (@likiweaks20) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/THMumbai/status/1207990888271450114
Around 1 lakh people participated in a peaceful protest rally against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct in Nagpur. Traffic and daily life was crippled for several hours due to the protest march. Image shows march crossing Ramzula at central avenue area in Nagpur. Photo: S Sudarshan pic.twitter.com/mf5issRV5F
— The Hindu-Mumbai (@THMumbai) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/vaseems99/status/1207989734472945665
Nagpur Against NRC and inequality#IndiaAgainstCAA #Nagpur #PeacefulProtests #CAAProtests pic.twitter.com/84zCsjQVhA
— vaseem sheikh (@vaseems99) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/htTweets/status/1207984769411104769
#Maharashtra | Protest underway in Nagpur against #CitizenshipAct. (ANI)
Track LIVE updates here: https://t.co/wdUr1OBB71 #CAAProtests pic.twitter.com/Ux5dgsYKEJ
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/ShakilS26963172/status/1208025550117199874
This is from NAGPUR, Maharashtra.
Around 1 Lakh (100K) people were on the street to protest #CAA_NRC in Nagpur. #CAA_NRC_Protests #IndiaAgainstCAA_NRC pic.twitter.com/d7dJThMMQE #CAA_NRC_नहीं_चलेगा @asadowaisi @ajitanjum @BBCHindi @narendramodi
— Shakil Shah (@ShakilS26963172) December 20, 2019
Kurla: Hundreds of protestors joined a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Mumbai’s Kurla (West).
https://twitter.com/top_gun55/status/1207997392873652224
Massive protest at Mumbai’s Kurla over #CitizenshipAmendmentAct. #CAA_NRC_Protests#CAA2019 #CAAProtests pic.twitter.com/CSL8v1K6A9
— Jaishree Misra (@top_gun55) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/TanveerAnas/status/1207993517496295424
Protest march at Kurla, Mumbai from Mehoob Subhani Masjid to Kurla Kanta against #CAA_NRC#CAA_NRC_Protests #NRC_CAA#CitizenshipAmendmentAct#CAAProtests #MumbaiProtests #IndiaAgainstCAA #IndiaAgainstCAA_NRC pic.twitter.com/FFgRc1lGt6
— Tanveer (@TanveerAnas) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/top_gun55/status/1207997392873652224
‘Treated like criminals’: Kerala journos released after 7 hours of detention in Mangaluru. Shameful the BJP only believes in freedom of the press when the press agrees with them: https://t.co/I6KHNwWBEJ
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/shahaijaz/status/1208005073722388480
NRC and CAB protest was arranged at Shalimar Hotel Kurla West. Special thanks to our team and all other members who participated in this. Special thanks to “VB, Nagar & Kurla police station and All @MumbaiPolice who helped us in all this.
Thanks#MumbaikarsAgainstCAB pic.twitter.com/7HbdmoctSm— ??Aijaz Shah?? (@shahaijaz) December 20, 2019
The Mumbai Police has been exceptionally efficient in managing the protests in the city. It has come to everyone’s notice that there has been police brutality on protestors where BJP is the ruling government. However, even that has not deterred protestors from voicing their displeasure. The whole of India has come united once again to dissent against the unconstitutional CAA and the impending NRC.
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