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Chennai:
A protest against the new citizenship law at Madras University was interrupted as the police entered the campus this evening. The students, who have been holding agitation for the last two days over the law and the police crackdown in Delhi on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia, were deciding on their next course of action, when the police came. The university has announced holidays till December 23.
The students had launched their protest yesterday, with a token march through the campus. They are opposing the law for what they said was its exclusionary stance – facilitating citizenship for non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who have settled in India by 2014 because of religious persecution.
The law, they say, discriminates on basis of religion and nationality. They were also concerned about the Tamils who came from Sri Lanka.
The wave of student protests triggered by the violence during a student protest in Delhi has been continuing. Most campuses have been up in arms against the crackdown on the Jamia students . The police had barged into the campus without clearance from the university authorities and detained nearly 100 students.
In several cities, including Aligarh, Kolkata and Benaras, students had held midnight protests. In Aligarh, the students had clashed with the police, throwing stones. The police had retaliated with water cannons and tear gas.
Violence took place in Delhi today as well. At east Delhi’s Seelampur, the crowd had clashed with the police. The police used batons and tear gas to control the crowd, which stones at them and at passing buses. A peaceful protest is also in progress at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia, being held by the students.
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