Published 11:25 IST, December 16th 2019
DYFI organises statewide protest march against police action on Jamia, AMU students
The DYFI organised a statewide protest march on Sunday night against the police action on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University
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DYFI organised a statewide protest march on Sunday night against police action on students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, who were agitating against amended Citizenship Act.
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Protests against CAA
Delhi Police used batons and teargas shells to disperse protesters and entered Jamia university campus, where tension prevailed as several persons were detained for alleged involvement in violence. Thiruvananthapuram district committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took out a protest march to Raj Bhavan, where protesters tried to break a police barrice while raising slogans in support of students of two universities.
Police used water canns to disperse protesters. Activists of youth wing of ruling CPI(M) in Kerala stopped train service at Kozhikode. "Nearly 75 activists took out a protest march to railway station," a city police official told PTI.
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will sit in a "satyagraha", along with Opposition Leer Ramesh Chennithala of Congress, against amended Citizenshsip Act on Monday. "Toger, we will fight CAA. Kerala's fight against tyrannical act will see a bipartisan coming toger of parties in Govt and opposition. We will be sitting on a Satyagraha in Thiruvananthapuram. Join us in defense of our democracy. We must resist & #WeWillResist," Vijayan said in a tweet.
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Nationwide protests have broken out after alleged police brutality on university students protesting against amended Citizenship Act in Delhi and Aligarh. Protesters torched four public buses and two police vehicles in Delhi as y clashed with police at New Friends' Colony, near Jamia Millia Islamia, during a demonstration against amended Citizenship Act, leaving nearly 60 people, including students, cops and fire-fighters, injured. Delhi Police used batons and teargas shells to disperse violent mob, but denied firing at m. However, video clips of purported police firing, injured students in university bathroom as well as foot of m bleeding emerged on social media. But Delhi Police refuted reports of any casualty during clashes.
Following arson on ros, police entered Jamia university campus, where tension prevailed as several persons were detained for alleged involvement in violence.
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06:27 IST, December 16th 2019