Pro-CAA: Thousands of people staged a sit-in demonstration in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Thousands of people staged a sit-in demonstration here on Sunday in support of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

“All pro-Indian organizations and people who chant Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vandemataram demonstrated in support of CAA,” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson G. Madhusudhana said.

The Karnataka BJP wing supported the rally at the Townhall center and tweeted: “Namma Bengaluru comes out in a big way to support the CAA. Thank you Kannadigas for standing up for Bharata Mata.”

Meanwhile, one CAA supporter was attacked with knives in Bengaluru. Bengaluru South MP, Tejasvi Surya tweeted that unknown bike-borne people attacked a BJP follower, Varun, with machetes and knives after participating in the pro-CAA rally.

“Our karyakarta Varun was brutally assaulted with machetes and knives by bike-borne unknown elements at Bamboo Bazaar after the pro-CAA rally,” said Surya.

Surya said though Varun suffered multiple injuries and skull a fracture, thankfully he is in stable condition now. “I appeal to everyone to please maintain calm and peace. Violence helps none,” added Surya.

The young member of parliament also supported the Act saying, “CAA doesn’t take away rights of Indians, especially minorities. It only grants citizenship to religiously persecuted from three countries which historically share landmass with India.”

At the CAA support demonstration, Surya appealed people to understand the context and the necessity of the bill.

Attempting to demystify CAA, the BJP said the new law protects the interests of the tribals and indigenous people of the Northeast by excluding areas under the Sixth Schedule and places covered by the Inner Line Permit.

“There is no question of foreigners swamping indigenous population,” said the BJP sharing a few more CAA myth-busters. (IANS)

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