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As slogans were raised against the anti-CAA sit-in at Shaheen Bagh amid heavy police presence, cops removed posters that said the site of sit-in would be cleared soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Delhi: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dozens of members of a \nright-wing group gathered on Sunday afternoon at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, \nthe heart of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, \nand asked the police to evacuate the anti-CAA protesters. The pro-CAA \nprotests by members of Hindu Sena came a day after a man fired shots at \nShaheen Bagh, triggering panic in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As slogans were raised\n against the anti-CAA sit-in amid heavy police presence, cops removed \nposters that said the site of sit-in would be cleared soon. Police were \nalso seen dispersing protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Saturday, another right wing \ngroup – Dev Sena – had given a call to hold such protests at Shaheen \nBagh but they had later released a press statement that they were \nwithdrawing the call due to appeals made by police for peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a letter, the ruling Aam Admi Party in Delhi on Saturday wrote to the Election Commission saying that the party has been informed through sources that “anti-social elements in connivance with certain political parties are planning to create unrest and violence on February 2 to subvert law and order in Delhi” ahead of elections on February 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two day-light shootings have taken place in Delhi at \nanti-CAA protests in quick succession after controversial slogans of \n“Goli Maaro Sa***n Ko (shoot the traitors)” were chanted on Monday \ncampaign rally of Anurag Thakur, the Union Minister of State for \nFinance, who was part of the team involved in Budget 2020 announced on \nSaturday. Mr Thakur was banned from campaigning in Delhi for three days \nfor egging on BJP workers to shout the “Goli Maaro” slogans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Thursday, a 17-year-old fired at protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia University Behind him, a large number of policemen in riot gear seemed frozen to the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Delhi\n Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed Home Minister Amit Shah, to \nwhose ministry the Delhi Police reports to, over the two shooting \nincidents. “What have you done to our Delhi, Amit Shah ji? Bullets are \nbeing fired in broad daylight… Law and order is being criticised \nconstantly. Elections will come and go, politics will keep happening, \nbut for the sake of the people of Delhi, please focus on fixing law and \norder,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Shaheen Bagh protest has attracted \nattention from across the country in the protests against the CAA or the\n Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which makes religion a criterion for \ncitizenship. Critics say the law discriminates against Muslims as only \nnon-Muslims from neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh can \nbecome Indian citizens if they fled religious persecution and entered \nIndia before 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of late, critics of the Shaheen Bagh protests, \nmainly pro-CAA activists, have attacked the month-long sit-in on a key \nroad in Delhi connecting to Noida. They say the protest has become a \ntraffic nightmare for commuters. <\/p>\n