Deepanjana

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Incidentally, there was no section 144 imposed in the area, but police told at least two people that it had been imposed.
Approximately 40 protesters rounded up from Marine Drive and detained by Mumbai Police. The police have told protesters that Section 144 has been imposed in the area (awaiting confirmation of this from the police). #CABProtests

"The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India’s new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” and called for it to be reviewed."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-citizens-un/new-indian-citizenship-law-discriminatory-against-muslims-u-n-says-idUSKBN1YH145

New Indian citizenship law 'discriminatory' against Muslims: U.N. says

The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India'...

At this rate, it'll be easier to compile a list of places that aren't under lockdown in India than those that are.
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@dpanjana No! The Cover of the passport still bears the lion, it's the inside that has the lotus stamp

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/lotus-emblem-on-passports-staff-unable-to-clarify-reason--1.4340268

Lotus emblem on passports: Staff unable to clarify reason

Kozhikode: The employees at the passport offices are confused over the emblem of ..

They're putting LOTUSES (instead of the lions) on Indian passports. #wtf
More details from Pinarayi's press meet: "It [CAB] is to distract the public’s attention from such grave issues that communal forces are restoring to such divisive measures. The British Empire had successfully experimented this in India and it was done in Hitler’s Germany too in the past. History has proved that such moves do not last for long." https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/citizenship-bill-unconstitutional-wont-be-implemented-kerala-pinarayi-vijayan-113998
Citizenship bill unconstitutional, won't be implemented in Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has made it clear that his government disapproves of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and it will not be implemented in the state. “There is no place for such an unconstitutional law in Kerala. Such a law will not be implemented in the state,” he said in a press meet today. Pinarayi Vijayan called the bill an effort to distract people’s attention from the economic distress that the country is facing. 

Punjab won't implement #CitizenAmendmentBill2019, says Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh
Indian Parliament is not authorized to pass a bill that contravenes the core values of the Constitution. Citizenship (amendment) Bill will not be implemented in Kerala. CPM to fight legally against Citizenship Bill.— P Vijayan, Kerala CM