Lalu Prasad’s party RJD on Tuesday took out a protest march against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). The RJD leaders led by party general secretary and Jharkhand in-charge Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav first submitted a memorandum to Governor Droupadi Murmu and later held a protest march at Morhabadi ground.
Yadav addressing a gathering at Morhabadi ground said, “The CAA, NRC and NPA are against the basic tenant of Constitution. The Modi government is targeting minorities especially Muslims in the name of CAA and NRC.”
The RJD protest was also attended by Satyanand Bhokta the lone RJD minister in Hemant Soren Cabinet. Bhokta said, “The Modi government has failed on all sectors especially on economic sector. The government to divert the attention of people from real issue such as unemployment and inflation is misleading people on CAA, NRC.”
The RJD protest march comes nearly a month later after RJD took out similar protest in Bihar. The protest in Bihar witnessed violence with RJD supporters vandalizing public and private property. Sources said that RJD is taking out protest against CAA, NRC to gain its lost ground in Jharkhand especially among minority community.
The RJD protest in State capital has come a day after former Madhepura MP and Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) JAP president Rajiv Rajan alias Pappu Yadav had addressed a rally in Godda. The Godda rally was also attended by Poreyahat MLa Pradeep Yadav. Interestingly, Pappu Yadav a rebel RJD leader is working hard to gain his political ground in Bihar.
RJD coming up against CAA also gains importance as Chief Minister Hemant Soren has openly stated that he will not implement CAA in State without going through the details.
Soren had said he will go through the details of the amended citizenship law and if even one person from his state is uprooted due to the amended legislation, then it will not be implemented. Apart from Soren’s reservation of CAA, the Congress party has openly criticized Modi government for introducing CAA. The Congress had even hold protest march against CAA.
Meanwhile, in past few days Ranchi has become the centre of CAA protest. Ranchi, in past few days, has become centre of anti-CAA protest.
On Sunday, former JNU student leader Omar Khalid participated at Samvidhan Bachao Desh Bachao, rally at Urs Maidan in Doranda in Ranchi to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR). Similarly on Monday, a protest led by women against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act sprung up near Haj House, Kadru. The protest which has been likened to the stir at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh continued on Tuesday too
