People in and from northeast are not giving up their fight against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). So does Assam rapper Rahul Rajkhowa, who has consistently protested against perceived injustice through his music. Rahul on Tuesday has once again come up with his new single “The Police?” highlighting the protest against CAA and the police brutality against students across the country.

Released on the global music platform Spotify on Monday, Rahul hoped his track would reach a larger audience beyond the country and inform them about the ongoing crisis in the country.

In February, the 25-year-old rapper criticized the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) by rapping against it. Some 10 months later, Rahul’s anguish doubled as he saw the plight of the students fighting against CAA was seen beaten up by security forces ‘mercilessly’.

Rahul told The Telegraph, “Whatever happened in last 10 days across the country should never be forgotten. I have friends in Jamia too. So I saw firsthand mobile videos of what went down inside the campus. And it left me absolutely shocked.”

During a recent protest by students of Jamia Millia Islamia against CAA, police allegedly thronged inside the university campus and thrashed students black and blue. Many reportedly left seriously injured.

“Whenever the student community is leading a movement, you must know that the cause must be a right one because students are the most aware and driven citizens of the country. They are well-read, closely in touch with the affairs. It’s just sad to see students being attacked for standing up for their beliefs,” said Rahul, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) alumnus who came to spotlight for his hard-hitting rap number slamming the JNU vice-chancellor for reducing the number of seats earlier.

Demanding total withdrawal of CAA, the singer said that the country cannot absorb more people when it can’t provide a good life to its existing ones.

Sharing how the ongoing protests have impacted his music, he added, “After I saw all the violence erupting around the country I sat on my desk and wrote down the lyrics at one go. When the feeling is strong the lyrics come in very quickly to me. At the beginning of my track when I’m singing- ‘I’m back I’m back’. It actually means ‘revolution’ personified as a human being and who is back. The dark times have asked for it.”

Rahul’s composed the track with two Los Angeles based musician Sudeep and PBoy. “I wanted the global population to be aware of this situation in my homeland. So I worked with my music producers based out of LA for this one. I wanted to release it earlier but there was an internet ban. Now we are working on releasing a music video too shortly,” he said.