CAA: Dilip Ghosh wonders how people protesting in Shaheen Bagh 'not dying' in cold

Speaking to media persons at the Kolkata Press Club, Ghosh said: "During demonetisation (scrapping of old Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes by the Narendra Modi Government in 2016), Mamata Banerjee had claimed that many people died while waiting in the queue just for 2-3 hours. Then I wonder how nobody died at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, who are protesting for days, in this freezing temperature which is like 4-5 degrees Celsius ."

He kept on saying that "What nectar did they have? I am astonished! What is their incentive (for staying alive)?"

Ghosh also stated that people are excited about the Shaheen Bagh protests because he heard from someone that women and children are getting Rs. 500 per day to join the dharna.

The Narendra Modi government is facing massive protests across the country against the new contentious CAA which aims to grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh before 2015.

Shaheen Bagh in Delhi is now seen as the hotbed of protests. The protests began on Dec 15 against the CAA which has sparked controversy and outrage across the nation.

The protests in Shaheen Bagh are mostly led by women carrying their children and other necessities to the site of agitation.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time, Dilip Ghosh has targeted those protesting against the CAA.

Earlier, he had called the protesters "parasites" who claim they won't furnish documents in keeping with the law. "They will soon be unable to show their faces in public," he had added.

On Jan 12, he hailed BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka for shooting down those who destroyed public property like "dogs."