Rahul Gandhi says NRC & CAB are 'weapons of mass polarisation'; calls for "Satyagraha"

Rahul Gandhi has called for a "n-violent Satyagraha" over nation-wide protests that have emerged to reject amended Citizenship Act passed by Parliament. senior Congress leer on Monday termed Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens as "weapons of mass polarisation" unleashed by fascists on India. Rahul Gandhi said he stands in solidarity with those protesting peacefully against m.

" CAB and NRC are weapons of mass polarisation unleashed by fascists on India. best defence against se dirty weapons is peaceful, n-violent Satyagraha. I stand in solidarity with all those protesting peacefully against CAB and NRC," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter.

national capital witnessed violent clashes on Sunday between Jamia Millia University students and Delhi Police over contentious Citizenship Act. Amid protests, many students were injured, and buses were set ablaze.  Reports of protests erupted from across nation including--Moulana Az National Urdu University in Hyderab, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Presh. Internet services have been snapped in six districts of Uttar Presh including --Aligarh, Meerut, Saharanpur, and Varanasi.  Over concerns of marginalisation of mirities, protests were seen across length and breths of country--from Delhi to Chennai, Hyderab, Kolkata, Luckw, and even Mumbai. 

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SC to hear plea

Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Tuesday pleas which have alleged police atrocities on students holding protests against amended Citizenship Act at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia University here.

A bench heed by Chief Justice S A Bobde on Monday also took serious te of rioting and destruction of public property during protests against Act and said this must stop immediately. A group of lawyers led by senior vocate Indira Jaising and Collin Gonsalves mentioned matter before court urging it to take suo motu (on its own) cognisance of alleged violence unleashed against students who are holding protest against Act.

" only thing we want is that violence must stop," bench said, ding, "if protests and violence and dam of public property will be re, we will t hear matter". bench also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant asked lawyers to file ir petitions and said it would hear m tomorrow.

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