From the archive record
The Indian tricolour flies high even as badges, ribbons etc. are sold supporting Jamia Milia Islamia, JNU and protesting against CAA and NRC are sold at Shaheen Bagh in East Delhi. The Shaheen Bagh protest is an ongoing continuous sit-in peaceful protest, led by women, that began in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in both houses of Parliament on 11 December 2019 and the ensuing police intervention against students at Jamia Millia Islamia who were opposing the Amendment. Protesters have agitated not only against the citizenship issues of the CAA, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR), but also against police brutality, rising costs of commodities, increasing unemployment and poverty, and for women's safety. Mainly consist