New Delhi, January 16, 2020 (IANS) Around 25-30 students who were protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and alleged brutality by the police in the Jamia Millia Islamia were detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday from the Turkaman Gate area.
The detained students were taken to Rajinder Nagar police station. The students have alleged that they were detained forcibly.
On December 15, 2019, there was a face-off at the Jamia Millia Islamia between the students and police that sparked protests across the country which are still continuing.
VC to file FIR against police action
On the other hand, the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Prof Tariq Mansoor, has said that the university will file an FIR against the UP police for entering varsity hostel without due permission.
On December 15, the vice-chancellor reportedly gave police permission to enter the campus ‘to maintain law and order’ after an attempt to prevent students from taking out a protest march in solidarity with Jamia Millia University students resulted in violence at its gates.
The V-C said that the police were given permission to restore peace at the campus and not enter the residential hostels.
“The police have crossed the mandate given to them by entering the university hostel,” the vice chancellor said in a statement.
The police action in one of the university hostels had resulted in severe injuries to students.
NDA partner leader resins against CAA
Meanwhile IANS from Panaji reported, Vice chairperson of the Goa government’s State Minorities Finance and Development Corporation and president of the women’s wing of the Goa Forward party, Ashma Sayed, on Wednesday, resigned from the post as a mark of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which she claims are aimed at dividing India. Goa Forward is a member of the pan India National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Sayed was appointed as a vice chairperson of the newly formed corporation aimed at facilitating loans and assistance to members of the minority communities in Goa in 2018, sometime after the formation of the BJP-led coalition government, which was supported by the Goa Forward party.
“I have resigned as a mark of protest against the CAA and the NRC, which are aimed at dividing the country. Both the laws are unfair and discriminatory and against the country’s Constitution,” Sayed told IANS on Wednesday.
Incidentally, Goa Forward, the party which Sayed represents, is no longer a member of the ruling coalition, but according to its president Vijay Sardesai the regional party continues to be a part of the NDA network.
Sardesai was sacked as deputy Chief Minister from the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet last year, following which the Goa Forward party, which has three MLAs, withdrew support to the ruling BJP-led coalition government.
