Should confiscate properties of all who destroy public property: Sadhguru on CAA protests

Spiritual leader Sadhguru took to microblogging website Twitter, on Wednesday and said that one has rights to destroy public property in country. This comes after a group of student protesters were allegedly accused of burning down four buses amidst anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests. Sadhguru, in his tweet, also asserted that government should confiscate private property of  people who destroy public amenities. 

Sadhguru on anti-CAA protests

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Anti-CAA protests by students 

 protests against  Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 took a violent turn in national capital and or parts of country on Sunday. students of Jamia Millia Islamia University claimed that police baton-charged m when y were holding a peaceful protest. Protestors allegedly torched several public buses and police vehicles as y clashed with police in New Friends' Colony near Jamia University during a demonstration against amended Citizenship Act, leaving six cops and two firemen injured, officials said.

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After student and police clash, a few students were detained.  Delhi Mirities Commission issued an emergency order to SHO Kalkaji Police Station to release injured students of Jamia Millia Islamia University or to take m without any delay for treatment to a hospital. Some Congress leaders including Arvinder Singh Lovely, Choudhary Mateen Ahmed, and Shoaib Iqbal reached friends colony police station to meet detained Jamia students.  

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Citizenship Amendment Act  

Act seeks to provide citizenship to mirity communities namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. This will be applicable to members of se communities having arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014. Moreover, y will t be considered as illegal migrants.  

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Additionally, mandatory residence period for naturalised citizenship for se communities would be reduced to 6 years. Several parties in rth East such as All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) have been vehemently opposed to this Act. To ameliorate ir concerns, Centre has exempted a major part of rth East from ambit of CAA.  opposition contends that Bill discriminates on basis of religion, which might go against Article 14, which guarantees right to equality.    

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