After several rounds of meetings, Shaheen Bagh’s anti-CAA protesters on Saturday decided to march to the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday. The march will start from Shaheen Bagh protest site at noon.
The protesters said they have not taken any appointment as Shah had conveyed via TV channels his willingness to meet the Shaheen Bagh protesters. The Home Ministry has not received any request for appointment from the protesters, sources said.
Talking to The Pioneer, Meraj, a protester, said the protest is leaderless so there will not be any representative but people will march to Shah’s residence. He said soon after the news of Shah’s readiness to meet the protesters reached Shaheen Bagh, several meetings were conducted and a memorandum of understanding was signed. “We all are one and decided to march with Dadis…our concern is one. Thus, we will march together and will meet Shah tomorrow (Sunday),” he added.
Notably, on meeting with Home Minister, Shaheen Bagh protesters were divided in two groups, as a few of them wanted Shah to pay a visit at the protest site as the demonstration belongs to all people.
Protesters said that on Saturday, after an announcement in this regard was made from the dais, suggestions were invited about who and how many people will go to meet Shah.
In the meeting, we received many suggestions, and later on, with the considerations, it was decided that this is time to be united and we decided to support our elderly Dadis (Senior women protesters), said protesters.
We would ask Shah to withdraw the Act and our protest would continue till our demand is met, said a protester.
While the protesters have been staging a sit-in against the CAA, National Register of Citizen (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) for the past two months, the protesters demanded an initiative from the Government to call them for talks.
This may be recalled that in an interaction with a news channel earlier this week, Shah said anyone who wants to discuss issues related to CAA with him can visit in his office and will give time within three days.
