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Telangana lawyers face off at High Court

Two sides of HC gates present contrasting views over CAA & NRC.

Hyderabad: Mild tension was prevailed on Wednesday at outside of the Telangana High Court, when the two groups of advocates staged the demonstrations in support and against the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC legislation.

On one side of High Court gate, some of the advocates vehemently opposed the CAA and NRC. On the other side, some others supported the legislation of CAA and demanded the NRC Bill. However, the peaceful demonstrations concluded in short time, after giving slogans and demanding their contentions.

Stating that the legislation of CAA was against the basic structure of Indian constitution and secular ethos of the nation, the advocates staged the protest against the CAA and extended the support to the students of Jamia Milia Islamic University. Advocates Mr. Afzaluddin Dakhani, Massiuddin, the organizers of the protest told that the law should not be enacted on religious classification. Mohd. Valilur- Rahman and other advocates said that the law makers should keep in mind that the rule of law should be equal to all and no one to be discriminated on the basis caste, religion , race and sex.

Another group lead by K. Karuna Sagar and Janardhan Goud said that the new Citizenship Amendment Act was not against to any community and any religion, who are natives of India. They said some persons and parties were trying to politicalise the issue. ‘No person, who was born in India, whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian, would not be effected with the CAA, only this Act was related to illegal immigrants’, Mr. Janardhan Goud said.

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