New Delhi: People on Sunday evening continued to protest at Jaffrabad metro station area, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), that has been going on since last night.
A number of Bhim Army activists also joined the agitation earlier today.
The protesters, a majority of them women, were seen holding the national flag and raising slogans against CAA.
A few protesters were seen holding placards that read, "You can block internet but not our spirits" and "When injustice strikes, silence is a sin".
Over 1,000 women gathered at the metro station and sat on a dharna on the road which connects Seelampur to Maujpur and Yamuna Vihar on Saturday night
Earlier in the day, the exit and entry gates of Jaffrabad metro station were closed, and heavy security has been deployed at the agitation site.
Meanwhile, police have been deployed in Maujpur area where stones were pelted between two groups earlier today.
This comes amidst mediation attempts at the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) protest site at Shaheen Bagh, which has become the epicentre of resistance against the Citizenship act.
The Shaheen Bagh protesters have already told the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors that if the road parallel to the anti-CAA protest site was opened, the apex court should pass an order ensuring their security.
In December last year, thousands of protesters holding placards and national flags gathered at Jaffrabad metro station raised slogans against the Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before 31, 2014.
(PTI Report)