With Delhi Assembly election scheduled next month, the Delhi Police on Wednesday appealed to people to ensure that their protests do not hamper the polling process and cause inconvenience.
According to Praveer Ranjan, the Special Commissioner of Police, Election Cell, there are protesters sitting at Shaheen Bagh and outside Jamia Milia Islamia but they have been peaceful.
"We will ensure that there is conducive atmosphere for elections. Police has been appealing to people that their protests should not affect polling process and we hope they will cooperate," he said. Delhi polls are slated to be held on February 8. The counting of votes will be on February 11.
Ranjan said incidents of violence have been recently reported from certain areas of Delhi but police took action and the situation is peaceful.
Protestors have been sitting at Shaheen Bagh and JMI for last one month and demanding to revoke the newly introduced Citizen Amendment Act (CAA). There have been long traffic snarls due to ongoing protest as the proestors are sitting on road and police had blocked vehicular movement on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch which connects Noida.
