Maha Home Minister Anil Deshmukh assures ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’ delegation that anti-CAA cases will be withdrawn

A delegation of ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’, a front formed by the Congress, NCP and various other parties in 2019 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), met Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and apprised him of all the ongoing cases lodged against peaceful activists during the course of the anti-CAA protests that emerged across Mumbai and Maharashtra.

The delegation submitted a detailed memorandum endorsed by 31 eminent citizens, with details of all the FIRs. “We informed the Minister that in the case of Mumbai alone, activists have FIRs registered against them in the following police stations, namely in Colaba for the Gateway of India protest, MRA for the Hutatma Chowk Rally, Nagpada for the Mumbai Bagh, Mahim for a candle light vigil, Govandi and many other police stations,” a press release stated.

The Home Minister assured the delegation, which comprised Com. Prakash Reddy, Feroze Mithiborwala, Varsha Vidya Vilas, Bilal Khan, Amol Madame and Aparna Dalvi, that all the cases would be withdrawn at the earliest, it said.

The Minister made the remarks on the memorandum & instructed his office to do all that was necessary to bring an end to the matter,” it added.

“The delegation also informed the Minister that we are also facing difficulties in organising programmes to support the growing farmers’ solidarity movement. We requested him to tell the police to cooperate with the peaceful protesters in this context as well,” it said.