The Mahangar Nagarika Manch organised a unique citizens’ rally in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register for Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register here on Saturday.
“The Union Government has enacted the CAA and introduced the NPR and the NRC in order to avoid people’s anger against its failure to contain price rise and unemployment and its move to hand over public property to friendly corporate,” said the Manch.
Many noted citizens, students, women and intellectuals gathered at the Gopabandhu Baag and garlanded statue of Utkalmani Gopabandhu there.
Noted lawyer Sisir Das, Sangrami Forum convenor Prashant Das, Sampurnakranti Abhiyan secretary Jugal Kishore Nayak, Dr Bishwabasu Das, Dr Sami Salim, lawyer Firoz Ahamad Khan, Sukant Nayak, Kshirod Rout, Pratap Dash, Laxmi Mohanty, Dali Das and Anupendra Mohanty garlanded the statue. Later, they walked to the Odia Bazaar and garlanded the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s statue. Basti Basinda Milita Manch leader Khageshwar Sethi, Arabinda Mallick, Babi Balabantray, Siddharth Rath, Bhagyarabi Das, Seikh Sakil Akhtar and Umabati Samal coordinated the programme.