Inaugurating the rally, Indian Union Muslim League state president Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal told the gathering: “We are born in India and we will die in India since every Indian citizen has the right to do that.”“Every like-minded Indian citizen will make sure that the Centre withdraws the citizenship act. “We had the Babri Masjid judgment in which the Supreme Court found evidence about a mosque being demolished but then gave that land to build a temple. There is no alternative to peaceful protests where people’s voice is heard. For example, lobbying is fine in America, but it won’t have the same results in India. But again the focus should be on peaceful protests,” he added.

Source: The Telegraph January 01, 2020 22:07 UTC