Delhi: Large Gatherings banned near Mandi House, protesters begin to gather at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Large gatherings have been banned in central Delhi’s Mandi House near the high-security Lutyens’ Zone today as students came out to protest against the amended citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

“The Prime Minister said there are no detention centres in India. But we all know and it has been reported widely work on such centres have started,” Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said.

Surrounded by protesters holding placards of Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters, Mr Yadav shouted slogans against Home Minister Amit Shah too. “The PM is contradicting what the Home Minister said about the NRC,” Mr Yadav said.

protest comes over a week after a police crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia University after violence at a march against the new citizenship law led to protests across the country.

Jamia students had distanced themselves from the mob that clashed with the police and set fire to buses and two-wheelers.