Published 13:50 IST, February 25th 2020

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

Subramanian Swamy, on Tuesday, said that ex-Home Minister Rajnath Singh must urge current Home Minister Amit Shah to call in the Army to quell Delhi violence

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Giving his advice on 'how to curb Delhi violence', BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, on Tuesday, 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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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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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.

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With death toll in Delhi violence rising to 7, Mumbai too has 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.

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13:50 IST, February 25th 2020