Hundreds pour onto Delhi streets against CAA-NRC
Hundreds of protesters, including students and civil society members, poured onto the streets in central Delhi protesting against the amended citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens.
The protesters, carrying placards and banners of all sizes and colours, converged at Mandi House around 11 am and started marching towards Jantar Mantar where they reached around 12.30 pm via Barakhamba Road and Tolstoy Road.
Children as young as 10, senior citizens, civil society members and university students filled the streets and ran the length of central Delhi, shouting anti-CAA and anti-government slogans.
A large number of police and paramilitary personnel walked along with them.
"The protesters do not have permission to take out a march, but as long as they maintain peace, we do not have a problem," a police official said.
The protest call was given by the Welfare Party of India.
The protesters, however, claimed that they had the permission and would march till Jantar Mantar.