Delhi Police deny permission for Shaheen Bagh protesters to meet Amit Shah

A likely meeting on Sunday (February 16) between anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters at New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and Union home minister Amit Shah was put on hold after the Delhi Police said the protesters insisted that all of them wanted to meet the minister instead of deputing a delegation.

“We have asked protesters (#ShaheenBagh) who all are in the delegation which wants to meet HM Amit Shah today so that we can plan a meeting but they said that they all want to go. We have denied that but we will see what we can do,” the Delhi Police said.

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A group of protestors at Shaheen Bagh had indicated that they would go to meet Shah on Sunday afternoon to discuss the controversial legislation following his statement on Thursday that he was ready to discuss it and whoever wanted to discuss issues related to the CAA with him could seek an appointment from his office.

“(We) will give time within three days,” Shah had said.

The protesters in Shaheen Bagh are largely women who have been at the protest site for two months now insisting that the CAA be rolled back and that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) should not be implemented.