New Delhi: Thousands of people Sunday joined the women protesting against CAA-NRC-NPR since last 40 days to celebrate the 71st Republic Day of India and witness the hoisting ceremony of the Indian Tricolour at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi.
The crowd at the venue turned emotional as the Dadis of Saheen Bagh hoisted the Indian Tricolour together with the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Junaid.
The flag hoisting ceremony was followed by recitation of the national anthem in unison as they observed India's 71st Republic Day.
The Dadis of #ShaheenBagh with RohitVemula and Junaid's mothers together hoisted the nationalflag at ShaheenBagh in the presence of thousands of people.#RepublicDay Tweet by @MansoorAzad pic.twitter.com/ixCgDkkkT3— CAA / NRC Protest Info. (@NrcProtest) January 26, 2020
The Dadis of #ShaheenBagh with RohitVemula and Junaid's mothers together hoisted the nationalflag at ShaheenBagh in the presence of thousands of people.#RepublicDay Tweet by @MansoorAzad pic.twitter.com/ixCgDkkkT3
The preparations for the celebrations had begun at least two days earlier, with volunteers sharing messages inviting people to reach the protest site and aim for a headcount of at least ten lakh people, and in the process to create a sort of world record.
While the number of headcount can be debated, there is no doubt that the people gathered at Shaheen Bagh in solidarity with the women protesting against CAA-NRC-NPR gave a fitting reply to the forces projecting them anti-nationals.
In solidarity with the people protesting against CAA-NRC-NPR students across the universities in the United States read the Preamble of Indian Constitution.
Students across American Universities read our Preamble this #RepublicDay #Resistance pic.twitter.com/j37U6gjXMw — CAA / NRC Protest Info. (@NrcProtest) January 26, 2020
Students across American Universities read our Preamble this #RepublicDay #Resistance pic.twitter.com/j37U6gjXMw
— CAA / NRC Protest Info. (@NrcProtest) January 26, 2020
Earlier, announcements were made that protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) will be held in 18 major cities of the world.
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Elsewhere in India, more than 07 million people joined anti-CAA-NRC-NPR Human Chain in Kerala. In what is billed as the largest protest so far, people from all faiths and some newly wed couples also registered their presence.
India flags also ruled at Clock Tower in Lucknow where protest against CAA-NRC-NPR are continuing since last more than one week.
Republic Day protests against CAA-NRC-NPR were also held in as many as 100 cities and towns of India.
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