CAA

The 2020 Delhi riots broke out in the national capital during the then US President Donald Trump's visit. Riots led to the loss of more than 50 lives. It was in the backdrop of an Anti-CAA protest. There logged more than 750 cases regarding the riots. It was also said that the riots happened after Kapil Mishra made remarks against the Anti-CAA protestors. Moreover, social media platform, Facebook now Meta, fueled the riots, as many provocative posts were found circulating on the platform.

The bail was granted by Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh of the Allahabad High Court on Saturday. A detailed order on Imam's bail is yet to be issued. Sharjeel Imam, a former JNU student and one of the key organisers of the Shaheen Bagh protest, was arrested last year from Bihar's Jehanabad. In his speech, Imam had purportedly asked protesters to cut off from India.

BSP MP from Amroha, Kunwar Danish Ali, has called for the repeal of the CAA "without further delay". "Repealing 3 Farm Laws is a welcome move. I congratulate farmers for their will power to fight, sacrifice and defeat the mighty state power and their crony capitalist friends. Prime Minister Modi must also reconsider and repeal CAA 'without further delay'," he tweeted. Jamiat president Maulana Arshad Madani welcomed the announcement of withdrawal of the three farm laws and lauded the farmers for their "success".

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Puri  expressed his concern about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and  wrote, "Recent developments in our volatile neighborhood & the way Sikhs & Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act."