HC urged not to allow anti-CAA stir on January 25

Hyderabad: A petition has been filed seeking that the High Court direct the police not to grant permission to the gathering, demonstration and protest at Charminar on midnight of January 25 by the MIM party and United Muslim Action Committee, against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The petitioner, T. Uma Mahendra, a resident of  Petla Burz, expressed apprehension that these demonstrations and protests could disturb public harmony, and law and order in the sensitive area of the Charminar and its surroundings, where communal clashes take place frequently. The petition said the police were mere spectators against unauthorised processions that were recently conducted against the CAA and NRC, and given the incidents that took place in Bhainsa town, the petitioner submitted that it could affect the minority Hindu people living in the said area if any untoward incidents takes place.

“If the protests were permitted there is every scope for violence, that antisocial groups and fringe elements in the society would take this opportunity to incite violence in the mobs and disrupt peace and harmony in the society,” the petitioner submitted.

He  submitted that a procession has been called by the UMAC (United Muslims Action Committee), but it is being led by the political party AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musli-meen) and arrangements were being made to mobilise people from every constituency in the twin cities to display a show of strength, that too one day before Republic day. The petitioner said the police were biased as they did not allow a procession by the Telangana Congress Party on a similar issue, while giving permission three times to the MIM and UMAC.