Shah said, “When you press the button (of EVM) on February 8, do so with such anger that its current (poll result) is felt at Shaheen Bagh.”At Shaheen Bagh, thousands of women have been in a 24/7 sit-in protest since December 15 against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Last week, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath took a sexist dig at the protesters at Shaheen Bagh asking why the men of Shaheen Bagh were “sleeping under the quilt while women have been pushed forward”. The children have been made to sit too.”Earlier last week, Delhi LG Anil Baijal wanted the Shaheen Bagh protests called off because he claimed it was causing “inconvenience” to school going children. After meeting a delegation of protesters, Baijal tweeted, “Met the delegation of protestors from Shaheen Bagh. The women protesters sent Malviya a defamation notice after is comments.

Source: Huffington Post January 27, 2020 04:41 UTC