News Article - Shaheen Bagh
A Ground Report on Shaheen Bagh What was the Shaheen Bagh protest? -By Zeeshan Akhtar The Shaheen Bagh protest came into existence on 15th December 2019 when a group of 10-15 females decided to start a sit-in protest by blockading the Kalindi-Kunj Road which is a six-lane highway. As more and more people started joining the protest (especially women) it started attracting media and political attention. Few days into the protest more and more people started supporting the cause, which was to oppose the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act 2019) which was passed by the BJP government as well as Shaheen Bagh was a voice against NPR, NRC, unemployment, poverty, women safety and police brutality. Shaheen Bagh was a leaderless protest which was started by (mostly) Muslim woman, and this was one of the major qualities of this protest as it was not influenced by any political party or a local leader. It was a group of women who decided to oppose CAA, NPR and NRC on the r...





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