New Delhi, February 10: Students from Jamia Milia Islamia clashed with Delhi Police after being stopped from carrying an anti-CAA march towards Parliament on Monday.
The police, which had deployed heavy security around the campus, stopped protesting students near the Holy Family Hospital in Okhla. The students, in retaliation, railed against the police and jumped barricades.
Scores of residents in Jamia Nagar staged a protest on Monday outside Jamia Millia Islamia against the CAA and NRC.
The protesters led by Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), a group comprising JMI students and alumni, plan to march to Parliament to raise their voice against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The police, however, urged them to restrict the protests to the university as permission for the march to Parliament had been rejected.
The protesters meanwhile remained adamant on continuing the march.
“Your permission to march has been denied, I request you to protest around this area only and not march ahead,” said Upendra Singh, SHO of Jamia Nagar police station.
The protesters though said, “It is our right to march to Parliament, we will continue the march ahead.”
Meanwhile, the police force has been deployed with tear gas and water cannons just a walking distance from Jamia, near Holy Family hospital. The march started about an hour late due to ongoing exams at the university.
The protesters raised slogans of “Aeen ke dum pe march karenge” (We will march with power from the Constitution).
The security forces have also put up multiple layers of barricades along the way.
The march to Parliament was called by the Jamia Coordination Committee against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
A similar march on January 30 had created a controversy after a man raising pro-CAA slogans opened fire injuring a protesting student.
