"A country that has daughters like you...": SC interlocutors at Shaheen Bagh

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"A country that has daughters like you...": SC interlocutors at Shaheen Bagh

Wajahat Habibullah, one of interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court of India, visited Shaheen Bagh separately

Thursday February 20, 2020 3:27 PM, ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

[Wajahat Habibullah, one of interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court of India, visited Shaheen Bagh separately. (Photo: Twitter/@Shaheenbaghoff1)]

New Delhi: Senior lawyers Sanjay Hedge and Sadhna Ramachandran, and former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibulla, the interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court of India who visited Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protest site Wednesday were impressed by the determination and zeal of the women.

So moved by the zeal and determination of the women protesting at Shaheen Bagh since last 65 days, Sadhna Ramachandran said "there is no threat to India as long as such betis are here".

Responding to the concerns raised by the protesting women, Ramachandran said all the points will be put forward before the Supreme Court and discussed in detail.

"However, I want to say one thing. A country that has daughters like you can never face any threats", Ramachandran said.

"We will find a solution that will be an example for not just India but the entire world", she said.

Who is responsible for blockade?

The SC interlocutors met Shaheen Bagh protesters amid tears and defiance.

"We are protesting on a very small area of the road because our very existence in this country is threatened. The traffic is blocked by the police, not by us", they said.

"However, it is strange that everybody is concerned about the road blockade, but no one is ready to listen to us", they said.

Assuring the protesters, the SC interlocutors assured aviable solution to end the impasse.

"We will find a solution that will be an example for not just India but the entire world", they said promising to visit the protest site once again on Thursday.

Earlier there were confusion after Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran arrived for mediation sans Wajahat Habibullah - the 3rd interlocutor.

Habibibullah however reached Shaheen Bagh soon after Hegde and Ramachandran left the protest site. Habibullah reached protest site with advocates, including Mehmood Paracha.

Why protest against CAA-NRC-NPR?

People are protesting at Shaheen Bagh since December 15, 2019 - the day Delhi police used brutal action against the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against Citizenship (Amendment) Act - CAA, which became a law on December 12, 2019.

Government says the CAA is no threat to anyone. However, protesters citing Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speeches delivered on various occasions, including at teast two times in the Parliament, want the newly enacted law to be repealed or at least amended.

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