“As we raise the flag today, let us also raise the level of protest,” he said in one of his tweets. In Delhi, Shaheen Bagh has been the epicentre of the anti-CAA protest largely helmed by women since December 15. Chidambaram began the series of tweets by saying that the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution were given by the people unto themselves which no government can take away. Add to that the outrageous charges, including sedition, slapped against hundreds of protesters by the authoritarian government,” he tweeted. Among those still in custody in Kashmir are former chief ministers Mehboob Mufti, Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah.

Source: Hindustan Times January 26, 2020 03:21 UTC