Prominent writers, academics and journalists staged a "Silent Protest" against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the Makhdoom Mohiuddin statue on the Tank Bund under the banners of Progressive Writers' Association and Urdu Writers' Association today.
They displayed placards with slogans such as "Don't Meddle with the Constitution", "Stop Violence against Students", "Discrimination among Religions: Playing with Fire", "India Rejects Communalism" and "Killers of Gandhi Yesterday: Killing the Youth Today".
They also condemned the police attack on the students of Jamia Millia University, Aligarh Muslim University and other universities.
The agitators also slammed the ban on protests against the CAA in Hyderabad and elsewhere in Telangana as it violated the right of freedom of expression and dissent guaranteed under the Constitution.
R V Rama Rao, President, Progressive Writers' Association, Telangana, demanded that the State government immediately revoke the prohibitory orders against peaceful protests in the State.
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