According to sources protests against the citizenship amendment act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) broke out in Hyderabad's charminar area on friday following afternoon prayers in Mecca Majid, where around 1000 people participated in the protests. Meanwhile the protesters from different walks of life raised slogans against the controversial citizenship amendment act and National Register of Citizens, the bjp government at the Centre and against prime minister narendra modi, and home minister amit Shah.
Furthermore according to police, the friday prayers at Mecca Masjid were attended by around 5000 people. police said several people including local youths tried to carry out a rally against caa and NRC. Perhaps Shahvaj Khan an engineering student from jawaharlal nehru Technological university, who is part of a group youth who led the rally addressing the media alleged, “With caa, amit shah wants to give citizenship to the people who come from bangladesh , Afghanistan. Isn’t that a threat to the country? You will give citizenship to someone who came from outside illegally but want to send out the own citizens from here with NRC, from where poor will bring the documents."
police said “Twelve local youths have been taken into preventive custody and they are now at Chelapur" and the detainees will be released later. Previously the City Commissioner of police had announced that no outdoor permission has been given for any rally or procession against citizenship amendment act or in favour of Citizenship Amendment Act.
