{"id":88665,"date":"2019-12-23T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=88665"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:53:40","slug":"hindu-muslim-colour-given-to-anti-caa-stir-ne-protesters-at-jantar-mantar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/12\/23\/hindu-muslim-colour-given-to-anti-caa-stir-ne-protesters-at-jantar-mantar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu-Muslim colour given to anti-CAA stir: NE protesters at Jantar Mantar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, Dec 22:<\/strong> People from the Northeast gathered at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, claiming that the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) are being given a Hindu-Muslim colour and the voices from the region fighting for the rights of the indigenous people are being ignored.<br \/>\nThe protesters, including students and civil society members, said they were deeply hurt and distressed by the police brutality on those against the CAA, &#8220;but our protest is about our rights.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We will not let others hijack our agenda. We are here to speak about our people. You cannot always ask one to take more people,&#8221; Tripura&#8217;s royal scion, Pradyot Deb Barman, who was also present, said.<br \/>\n&#8220;We respect their protest. We sympathize with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. It does not matter if you are a Hindu or a Muslim; the CAA is going to trigger a massive demographic change in the Northeast,&#8221; a protester said.<br \/>\n&#8220;I am sure if Muslims are included in the list of communities to be granted citizenship through the CAA, they will not protest. But we will protest anyway,&#8221; she added.<br \/>\nNingthem Meitei, 23, said the movement against the CAA started from Assam, but &#8220;it has been hijacked in a way. We are not being represented.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We condemn the violence against students and unarmed protesters. We stand with all those protesting against the CAA. But our protest is also about the demographic challenges confronting us,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nFor the people of the Northeast, the issue of the CAA goes beyond Hindus and Muslims, Denis (25) said.<br \/>\n&#8220;In Tripura, the indigenous people account for only 30 percent of the population. People from other regions and neighbouring countries are migrating to the state,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nThe protesters also demanded that police release RTI activist Akhil Gogoi and others arrested for demonstrating against the CAA. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Dec 22: People from the Northeast gathered at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, claiming that the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) are being given a Hindu-Muslim colour and the voices from the region fighting for the rights of the indigenous people are being ignored. The protesters, including students and civil society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}