Priyanka Gandhi Leads Protest at India Gate against Crackdown on Students

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Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is holding silent protest near Delhi’s India Gate

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NEW DELHI – After brutal crackdown by the Delhi police on the protesting students, Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is holding silent protest near Delhi’s India Gate to show solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia. The students had faced police action yesterday after a huge violence during their protest march against the new citizenship law. The matter had escalated fast, with students in several cities – Aligarh, Benaras, Kolkata and Mumbai starting campus protests by midnight.

“The government has attacked the Constitution and students, they attacked students after entering the university. We will fight for the Constitution, we will fight against this government,” she said, according to news agency ANI, minutes before her protest began.

Flanked by party leaders and workers, she was sitting near the India Gate. Along with Priyanka, Congress leader Ahmed Patel, General Secretary K.C. Venugopal and A.K. Antony are also at the sit-in protest. Many women wing members including Sushmita Dev are also at the protest site. The police have cordoned off the monument and asked for nearby metro stations to be shut down so that students cannot approach the area.

After yesterday’s violence, during which protesters had clashed with the police, hundreds of students had gathered near the Delhi Police headquarters, blocking traffic on an arterial road. They dispersed near dawn when the detained students of Jamia were released by the police.

Buses and two-wheelers were burnt, and the police had used batons and tear gas. The students and the university has have denied any involvement in the violence, alleging that locals who joined the march were responsible.

Late last evening, the police barged into the Jamia campus without permission, beaten up students including girls in the library, the mosque and the hostels detained around 100 students.

The university said they had entered illegally without permission and assaulted the staff and students. The students alleged that many of them picked up from the library. Videos surfaced in social media showing signs of struggle in toilets, where unconscious students lay.

The Congress, along with other opposition parties, has called for a judicial inquiry into the violence, alleging that the Delhi Police, which is under the control of the Central government, was taking orders from the BJP. They also said they would meet President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow afternoon. The Left parties are planning to hold a mega protest on Thursday.

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