SC-appointed mediators hold talks with Shaheen Bagh protesters for 3rd day

Advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran, who have been appointed by the Supreme Court to act as mediators to speak to anti-CAA and NRC demonstrators at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh and persuade them to shift their protest to another site, reached the protest site for a third day and held talks with them.

Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed mediators - Advocates Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran - reached Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests, on Friday to hold another round of talks with the demonstrators to find a way out of the impasse.

The interlocutors were still negotiating with the protesters at the time of filing this story.

Both Hegde and Ramachandran have been pursuing the protesters to either shift their protest to another site or continue their protest without blocking the road.

The demonstration, which has been going on for over two months, has allegedly caused traffic congestion on a stretch of road near Kalindi Kunj area, against which the Supreme Court has been hearing pleas.

The mediation talks come after the top court formed a panel, comprising Hegde, Sadhana and former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, to speak to demonstrators and persuade them to shift their protest to another site.