Owaisi concurs with Swamy; urges PM Modi to bring in Army to quell Delhi violence

As situation in national capital deteriorated on Tuesday, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has urged Prime Minister's Office to call army. Taking to Twitter, he said that situation in rth East Delhi is getting worse and that cops are t doing ir jobs. His advice concurs with BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy.

Swamy has said that ex-Home Minister Rajnath Singh must urge current Home Minister Amit Shah to call in Army to control situation. He added that while move will be a blow to India's democracy, end of violence is as important as India's democracy. He termed anti-CAA agitation as anti-national as death toll due to Delhi violence rose to 7.

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CM and Home Minister convene a security meeting

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting of senior police officers and Home Ministry officials regarding law and order situation in country late last night. He also held a meeting with Lieutenant Goverr Anil Baijal, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and representatives of various political parties pertaining to law and order situation at 12 PM on Tuesday. Issues of hate-speech, lack of adequate force deployment, MLAs-police coordination was reportedly discussed, as per ANI.

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Violence erupts in rth-East Delhi

A day after stone-pelting was witnessed in Delhi's Maujpur area, protesters on Monday torched at least two houses and a fire tender in Jaffrabad and Maujpur areas. Stone-pelting was witnessed for second consecutive day between pro and anti-CAA groups, which has resulted in 7 fatalities including a police constable and injured 105, as of Tuesday. Supreme Court will hear a plea on Delhi violence on Wednesday.

With death toll in Delhi violence rising to 7, Mumbai has also been put under high-security alert and internet has been snapped in parts of rth-East Delhi - Seelampur, Jaffrabad, and Maujpur.  Subsequently, Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure has been imposed at 10 locations in rth-East district of Delhi. Stone-pelting has also been witnessed in Maujpur on Tuesday.

Subramanian Swamy asks Rajnath Singh to advise Amit Shah to bring in Army, quell violence