PM Modi Accuses Opposition Of Spreading Rumours On CAA, Massive Protests In Delhi Over New Bill

The national capital was rocked by the highest number of protests in at least eight years in 2019, government data shows, as people ranging from students and job seekers to airline professionals and even policemen, hit the streets of Delhi to air their grievances. Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.

At Belur Math, the global headquarters of the Mission that Swami Vivekananda founded, PM Modi launched a full-scale defence of the citizenship amendment act, which has become the most contentious piece of legislation in Independent India. The Ramakrishna Math and Mission on Sunday distanced itself from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, contending that it was a strictly apolitical body which did not respond to "ephemeral" calls.

Amid continuing confrontation over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), PM Narendra Modi dismissed the protests and said the law had brought Pakistan's "persecution" of religious minorities to light and home minister Amit Shah declared that those raising slogans against India would be sent to jail. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) said the boycott of registration for the winter semester would continue, after the varsity insisted that students would need to pay the hiked fees before registering and decided to suspend around 300 students for participating in the stir.

PM Modi blamed the opposition parties for misguiding th youth with "rumours" about the citizenship amendment act. The Delhi Police has identified seven more of the 60 people - from a Whatsapp group - from several videos and photos that went viral on social media in JNU violence case.