Five empty trains were set on fire in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district today amid raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The incident took place in district’s Lalgola station. The highway connecting north and south Bengal, NH 34, was also blocked by protesters in Murshidabad.<\/p>\n

The protests\u00a0have spread to other parts of the state, especially in Muslim-dominated areas, including rural Howrah and North 24 Parganas. In rural Howrah, protestors set a part of Sankrail railway station on fire this morning.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had announced state-wide protests against the CAA, has appealed to agitators to maintain law and order. She has also warned protesters of stern action if they engaged in sabotage.<\/p>\n

BJP’s National General Secretary and former Bengal Chief Rahul Sinha has accused the ruling party for the unrest. He said, “The state is burning due to TMC, if it continues like this there will be no solution except President’s rule. CM should give message to police that if protesters are seen doing violence, they should be shot.”<\/p>\n

Over four persons have been killed in police firing in Assam since Wednesday. Internet remains suspended in 10 districts of Assam. Train and air traffic remain affected.<\/p>\n

The Indian Express in its report has claimed that more than 66 people including three policemen have been injured in protests in Meghalaya\u2019s capital Shillong on Friday. The protestors allegedly tried to storm the Governor\u2019s house. The police lathi-charged and tear-gassed to disburse the crowd, a senior police officer said.<\/p>\n

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North-east comes to standstill after calls of shutdown from various organizations and political parties.<\/p><\/div>\n
Curfew has been relaxed from 10am to 7pm in certain areas due to some improvement in the situation. Offices and a few shops have opened in the state capital, said East Khasi Hills district deputy commissioner M W Nongbri. She said traffic has been normal since morning in the city and there was no report of any untoward incident in the past 12 hours.<\/p>\n
Governor of Meghalaya Tathagat Roy said that the ones protesting against the Act should go to North Korea. He tweeted, \u201cTwo things should never be lost sight of in the present atmosphere of controversy. 1. The country was once divided in the name of religion. 2. A democracy is NECESSARILY DIVISIVE. If you don’t want it go to North Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n
NDTV has reported that schools and colleges were closed, markets were shut and vehicles remained largely off roads in parts of Nagaland on Saturday amid a six-hour shutdown call given by the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF).<\/p>\n
Political Mobilisation\u00a0against CAA<\/strong><\/p>\n
Some parts of the southern India have also witnessed protests with the Kerala Chief Minister assuring that he won’t allow the implementation of the Act.<\/p>\n
A joint statement issued by five left parties — CPI(M), CPI, RSP, AIFB and the CPI-ML(Liberation), has said that the parties have given a country wide call to protest against CAA on December 19. In Delhi, the Left parties organised a march from Mandi House to the Parliament.<\/p>\n
The Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Dal Dal has also given a call for Bihar Bandh on the December 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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