Citizenship protests: Thousands take part in Congress's peace rally in Jaipur; curfew relaxed in MP's Jabalpur

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi on Sunday (December 22) by addressing a mega rally at iconic Ramlila Maidan in the national capital.

Massive security arrangements was made in place for the mega rally of the prime minister. It is to be noted that the Ramlila Maidan is close to Old Delhi's Daryaganj which witnessed violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Friday (December 20). According to BJP sources, around two lakh people from different parts of the country were present at the rally venue.

In Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, curfew was relaxed for 7 hours from 1 pm. In Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, at least 48 were arrested and almost 262 were booked over violence in during anti-CAA protests. Mobile services in Rajasthan were restored at 8 pm on Sunday.

In Bengaluru, students, human rights activists and other protesters gather at Town Hall and protested against the Act. Students, doctors and artists and scores of people gathered at Central Park in Delhi's Connaught Place and took part in a protest against the amended citizenship law and proposed NRC.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi visited Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor and met the kin of two victims who lost their lives in violent protests against CAA.

This is all for today. Here are the highlights on anti-Citizenship protests that took place on December 22. Do come back for more updates on Monday, December 23rd.

22 December 2019

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At least 15 people, accused of taking part in violent protests and pelting stones on police officers sent to central jail in Ahmedabad. 

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Uttar Pradesh Police: Total 76 cases registered and 108 people arrested across Uttar Pradesh in connection with objectionable / misleading posts on social media on Citizenship Amendment Act. Action taken against 15,344 social media posts.