Come what may, citizenship act will be executed: Amit Shah
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as the Centre is facing tremendous protest and agitation across the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday clearly stated that his government will execute the Citizenship Amendment Act under any circumstances.
"Whatever politics the oppositions indulge in, the Modi government will ensure that these refugees get Indian citizenship and live as Indians with honour," Amit Shah said at a rally in Delhi's Dwarka.
The comments come on a day when fresh violence occurred in the national capital with more than 1,000 people gathering outside the DCP office in North-East Delhi's Seelampur protesting against the CAA.
According to police, protesters against CAA in Delhi's Seelampur turned violent and clashed with the police leaving around 21 injured.
The situation is now under control in the area, but, the police is maintaining vigil.
Among the injured, fifteen are policemen, police sources told UNI.
Police have said that there was no lathi-charge or firing at all. However, they had to use tear gas shells to control the violent protesters.
The country is currently facing nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act which will grant citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan on or before Dec 31, 2014.
Following the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, by both the houses of Parliament, violent protests were witnessed by the north-eastern states, particularly Assam and Tripura, with the agitators setting buses on fire and blocking roads.
Soon the protests reached the eastern state of West Bengal where agitators in the name of agitation set buses, trains on fire, ransacked railway station, damaged railway properties.
The protests turned violent even in Delhi on Sunday evening when several vehicles were set on fire following the agitation of the students of Delhi's Jamia Millia University. Reacting to the development, police had entered the university campus and assaulted various students sparking outrage across the country.
However, it is yet to be proven whether the students had set the vehicles on fire.
Police had also beaten Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students in Uttar Pradesh after they were seen protesting against the assault on Jamia students.
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