Anti-CAA stir: At Shaheen Bagh, New Year's eve with a difference

Thousands of people gathered at Shaheen Bagh, the venue of a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, on Tuesday night to welcome 2020 with the hope that the new year will see the law being repealed.

The people held demonstration at Shaheen Bagh for 18th day in a row to oppose the amended citizenship law.

Around two to three thousand people, including women and female college students, gathered along the road in Shaheen Bagh, the tarpaulin-shaded venue for the protest.

The people at the "peaceful protest" against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) held posters, placards and the tricolour in their hands at the demonstration resounding with "Inquilab Zindabad" slogans.

"I have come in the hope that something good happens in the new year. I have come here because I was told that after Jamia and AMU, if you have to rekindle hope, go to Shaheen Bagh," Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj India said as one of the speakers from the stage.

Quoting legendary film lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi's line "jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hain", Yadav, who was a prominent face of the India Against Corruption movement too, told the crowd: "Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo yahan hain (Those proud of India are here)."