Schools in violence-hit North East Delhi district to remain closed tomorrow, exams to be postponed

Two people, including a head constable of Delhi Police, were killed and many injured in the clashes in pockets of northeast Delhi that broke out on Monday afternoon over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday all government and private school will be closed in areas affected by the violence, which broke out over the amended citizenship law in the Northeast district of the Capital.

Many areas of northeast Delhi were affected by violence over the amended citizenship act on Monday, Feb 24, 2020. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

“There will be no home examinations in schools tomorrow and all government and private schools will be closed in the violence-affected Northeast district of Delhi,” Manish Sisodia tweeted in Hindi.

“I have spoken to Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal regarding the board examinations that the exams should also be deferred in that district,” he added.

The Central Board of Secondary Education, which is holding the board exams, said there are no centres in northeast Delhi.

“# examtime: exams tomorrow only in western Delhi at 18 centres. No change in CBSE exams scheduled for tomorrow as there are no centres in rest of Delhi (sic),” the board tweeted.

Two people, including a head constable of Delhi Police, were killed and many injured in the clashes in pockets of northeast Delhi that broke out on Monday afternoon over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Several political leaders, including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP’s Manoj Tiwari and Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, have appealed for peace.

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal tweeted he had instructed Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik to restore law and order. Later in the evening, home secretary Ajay Bhalla told reporters that the situation had been brought under control.

Before Monday’s violence, a group supporting CAA had protested the blockade by those demonstrating against the law a kilometre away, setting off stone-throwing on Sunday.