Hours after the Centre government notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rules, a protest erupted on the campus of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia campus.
The Delhi Police have deployed a large number of personnel to maintain law and order on the campus.
A group of students led by the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) raised slogans against the Modi government and the Delhi Police.
The Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) also opposed the implementation of the Act.
The Delhi police have beefed up security arrangements around the Jamia campus as a preventive measure.
Jamia’s acting vice-chancellor Eqbal Hussain said the administration has tightened security arrangements on the campus to avoid agitation. He said no protests will be allowed near the campus.
“We have tightened security arrangements to avoid any kind of agitation on the campus. No protest against the CAA will be allowed by students or outsiders near the campus,” he told.
The Central government on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, paving the way for the implementation of the law. Home minister Amit Shah said the new rules will enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire Indian citizenship.
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