Congress Leader Priyanka Gandhi Condemns Modi-Govt for Silencing Voices against C(A)A

New Delhi, December 19, 2019:

Senior Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has condemned the Government's shutdown of the metro and internet services in the national capital New Delhi amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

The Gandhi scion took to Twitter to paint a picture of Delhi amid the unrest over the C(A)A, with the Government crackdown against dissenters growing stronger amid the surging uprisings in every nook-and-cranny of India.

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Taking to social media platform Twitter, Gandhi wrote, "मेट्रो स्टेशन बंद हैं। इंटरनेट बंद है। हर जगह

 

data-query-source="hashtag_click">#Section144 है। किसी भी जगह आवाज उठाने की इजाजत नहीं है। जिन्होंने आज टैक्सपेयर्स का पैसा खर्च करके करोड़ों का विज्ञापन लोगों को समझाने के लिए निकाला है, वही लोग आज जनता की आवाज से इतना बौखलाएँ हुए हैं कि सबकी आवाजें बंद कर रहे हैं।"

 

[Translation: Metro Station is closed. The internet is closed. Section 144 everywhere. Nowhere there is permission to raise voices. The same Government that spent crores' of taxpayer money to inform about the situation, is so scared of the people's voices, that it has shut them down.]

In a following tweet, the Congress leader wrote, "मगर इतना जान लीजिए कि जितना आवाज दबाएँगे उतनी तेज आवाज उठेगी।"

 

[Translation: But be warned. The more you attempt to suppress the voices, the higher they will rise in protest.]

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Meanwhile, with the imposition of section 144 in the Red Fort area here ahead of the planned anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest, the Delhi Metro has shut down several Metro stations in the vicinity.

Delhi Metro tweeted: "Entry & exit gates of Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations."

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