An unidentified person on Saturday opened fire in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, where a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has continued for nearly two months. A group of ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in recent days has tried hard to discredit the protesters at Shaheen Bagh. During a campaign for the Delhi elections, Home Minister Amit Shah said that people should press the EVM button on 8 February with such anger that the protesters in Shaheen Bagh “feel the current”. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath took a sexist dig at the protesters. He asked why the men of Shaheen Bagh were “sleeping under the quilt while women have been pushed forward”.

Source: Huffington Post February 01, 2020 12:18 UTC