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‘Our warning fell on deaf ears’: Chidambaram on CAA violence in Delhi

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Feb 25, 2020 01:06 PM IST

A head constable was among seven people killed and at least 50 others, including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday.

Condemning the violence in Delhi, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said people are paying the price for putting in power “insensitive and short-sighted” leaders.

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said the violence in Delhi on Monday and the loss of lives are most shocking and deserve the strongest condemnation.(ANI)
Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said the violence in Delhi on Monday and the loss of lives are most shocking and deserve the strongest condemnation.(ANI)

He said the amendment to the CAA should be abandoned forthwith and the government should listen to the voices of the anti-CAA protesters by keeping the CAA in abeyance till the Supreme Court gave its verdict.

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A head constable was among seven people killed and at least 50 others, including several paramilitary and Delhi Police personnel, were injured as violence spiralled over the amended citizenship law in northeast Delhi on Monday.

Frenzied protesters torched houses, shops, vehicles and a petrol pump, besides hurling stones.

Chidambaram said the violence in Delhi on Monday and the loss of lives are most shocking and deserve the strongest condemnation.

“The people are paying the price for putting in power insensitive and short-sighted leaders,” he said.

“India has lived with the Citizenship Act 1955 without the amendment. Why does the Act need an amendment now? The amendment (CAA) should be abandoned forthwith.

“Even now it is not too late. The government should listen to the voices of the anti-CAA protesters and declare that the CAA will be kept in abeyance until the Supreme Court pronounced on its validity,” he said on Twitter.

The Congress leader said his party had warned that CAA was “deeply divisive” and should be repealed or abandoned.  “Our warning fell on deaf ears,” he said.

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