Published 13:30 IST, March 26th 2020
Sambit Patra responds as Shaheen Bagh writes to SC Judges over eviction due to Coronavirus
As the people of Shaheen Bagh wrote to the Supreme Court judges, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra took to Twitter to mock them.
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As people of Shaheen Bagh wrote to Supreme Court judges, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra took to Twitter to mock m. He said that while world is busy tackling coronavirus, people of Shaheen Bagh are indulging in "rona dhona".
Calling action of Police in removing Shaheen Bagh protesters as 'disproportionate' and 'unnecessary', people of Shaheen Bagh has on Thursday written to Supreme Court judges. Delhi Police, on Tuesday, i.e two days after imposition of Section 144 in national capital cleared Shaheen Bagh protest site amid rising cases of coronavirus. People of Shaheen Bagh h been protesting against contentious anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) since 15 December last year.
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Shaheen Bagh people writes to SC judges
In its letter, y have written that people h alrey retreated to ir homes in wake of coronavirus and were at last st to submit an answer to apex court-appointed interlocutors. While calling off protest amid outbreak of COVID 19, protesters on March 22, said that ' fight will go on, on or side of this pandemic'. In its letter, y have written against destruction of all art installations in Shaheen Bagh and whitewashing of graffitis outside Jamia Millia Islamia. On March 24, videos surfaced in which labourers were seen whitewashing walls outside Jamia filled with anti-government, anti-CAA, NRC, NPR graffitis.
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letter has stated: "While we understand need for stricter imposition of curfew and enforcement of pertinent restrictions, ruthless dismantling and thoughtless destruction of markers of our physical protest, especially very structures whose placement is in question in a matter that is sub-judice in SC, reeks of strong vendetta and ill feelings towards our incent protesters, locals and sympathisers. It furr heightens distrust and perception of being uncared for by state institutions."
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13:30 IST, March 26th 2020