Delh anti-CAA protesters ring in New Year with national anthem

Thousands of
people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rang in 2020 with
singing the national anthem at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh.

Many people
roamed around the venue and thronged kiosks for chai to bear with the winter
chill, while many more stayed put under the tarpaulin shed listening to
speakers taking the stage one by one.

Several
roamed around waving national flags while others displayed creative placards
against the new law.

As the clock
struck 12, the protesting crowd burst into a cheer to greet the fellow
protesters the new year, and moments later broke into the national anthem.

Amid the
thousands was a group of young working professionals who had come in from
various parts of Delhi, skipping party invitations to usher in 2020.

Shaheen
Bagh, near Jamia Millia Islamia, has been a protest venue for a section of
people opposed to the CAA and the NRC since December 15.

Besides
Delhi, protests have been witnessed across the country over the contentious
law.