Members of the state unit of the Youth Congress staged a demonstration against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens here on Sunday. According to the Congress leaders, the youth wing of the party was going to stage a symbolic protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi Park.
However, the protesters were stopped at the gate of the park and prevented from entering it. The Youth Congress members then staged a protest demonstration at the gate of the Gandhi Park. They said that if the said Act was not repealed soon, the Youth Congress will hold protest demonstrations in all district headquarters of the state. The party will oppose any attempt to cause religious divide among Indians, they averred.
The Congress Mahanagar president Lalchandra Sharma, party spokeswoman Garima Dasauni, Youth Congress district head Bhupendra Negi and other party members were also among those present in the protest.