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In pictures: Protests erupt across India as government notifies CAA implementation rules

Nationwide protests erupt against the Citizenship Amendment Act as activists, students and political leaders unite in defiance

Our Web Desk Published 13.03.24, 02:56 PM
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Activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) stage a protest after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in Guwahati, Assam. All Assam Students' Union (AASU) will launch a 'satyagraha' across the state today to protest against the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

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Members of All Assam Students Union (AASU) take part in a protest march after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in Guwahati. An AASU delegation had gone to New Delhi on March 12 to pursue the petition against the Act in the Supreme Court, while leader of the opposition in the Assam assembly Debabrata Saikia filed an interlocutory application in the apex court, seeking a stay on the implementation of the Act.

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Police use water cannon to disperse activists of Indian Youth Congress protesting after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in Thiruvananthapuram. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee today organised a dharna in front of the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram to protest against the Central government's decision to enforce the contentious CAA.

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Students of Jamia Millia Islamia university stage a protest after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in New Delhi. Addressing a press conference near one of the gates of the varsity, the protesting students pressed for repeal of the CAA and release all students who were booked in the anti-CAA protest nearly four years ago.

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CPI-ML leaders stage a protest after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in Calcutta. In a statement, CPI(M) alleged that the implementation of the rules was linked to the National Register of Citizens and raised the apprehension that citizens of Muslim origin would be targeted.

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Leaders of Left Democratic Front (LDF) stage a protest after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, in Thiruvananthapuram. Determined to fight the issue politically and legally, the Kerala government said it was mulling over moving the Supreme Court to challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) notification.

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Members of Students' Federation of India (SFI) stage a protest, a day after the central government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, at Madras University, in Chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin dismissed the CAA as 'divisive and bereft of any use' and asserted that it will not be implemented in the state.

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