Amid pan-India agitations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday called for raising the "level of protests," saying "as long as freedoms are denied to any number of people, the whole population is denied freedom". Add to that the outrageous charges, including sedition, slapped against hundreds of protesters by the authoritarian government," he said. — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 26, 2020"As long as freedoms are denied to any part of the people, the whole of the population is denied freedom," Chidambaram tweeted, adding, "As we raise the flag today, let us also raise the level of protest." Add to that the outrageous charges, including sedition, slapped against hundreds of protesters by the authoritarian government. — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) January 26, 2020As we raise the flag today, let us also raise the level of protest.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2020 13:07 UTC