Shaheen Bagh accepts Amit Shah's invite to discuss CAA

Shaheen Bagh has accepted Shah's invitation to discuss the newly amended citizenship act and will march towards his residence at 1400 hrs on Sunday, a protester told media.

On Thursday, the Union Minister announced an open invitation to all who wish to discuss the act to come and meet him personally. He even said that he will allot a special time for this within three days.

Another protester, Hina Ahmed, however, said that there are differences amongst the protesters. "While one group is in favour of the meeting, the other is not," she said, adding that it will all be finalised in the evening.

Shaheen Bagh, a southernmost colony of the Okhla area in the national capital has become synonymous to the CAA resistance. The women here have been sitting on a dharna for nearly past two months. The demonstration started with the household women gathering together to express solidarity with the Jamia Millia Islamia students followed by violence in the campus premises during an anti-CAA protest on December 15.

Since then a number of Shaheen Bagh-like protests have erupted in the country in Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai, Karnataka and recently in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, the Apex Court in its Feb 10 hearing over the issue said that protesters cannot block the public road and create inconvenience for others and extended the matter for Feb 17, Monday.