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Large gatherings banned in Bengaluru for 3 days over anti-citizenship law protests
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his government will implement the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Prohibitory orders will be clamped in Bengaluru from 6 am Thursday for three days to maintain law and order after Left wing and Muslim organisations called for a day-long bandh to protest against the new citizenship law, Bengaluru’s police chief said Wednesday.
“Section 144 to be imposed throughout Bengaluru, including Rural district, from tomorrow 6 am for the next 3 days,” said Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao.
A demonstration was planned at the Town Hall in Bengaluru tomorrow at 11 am.
Almost 600 km north of Bengaluru, another top cop, M N Nagaraj, Police Commissioner of Kalaburagi said no bandh would be allowed.
“No bandh will be allowed in Kalaburagi city tomorrow in view of the recruitment exams of different departments and also to maintain law and order, communal harmony in city,” Nagaraj said.
Protests have raged in various parts of the country, including Karnataka’s neighbours Kerala and Tamil Nadu against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 which grants citizenship to non-Muslims of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who fled religious persecution and arrived in India until December 31, 2014.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday said that his government will implement the Citizenship Amendment Act.
“Hundred per cent we will implement,” he told reporters at Hubballi in north Karnataka in response to a question regarding the implementation of the CAA, according to PTI.
