Indians Open Up Their Hearts & Doors To Those In Need, In The Midst Of Protests Against CAB

Even if you have been living under a rock, you cannot possibly be unaware of the protest that took place in Jamia Millia Islamia University against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, and NRC that began in Assam and West Bengal. The protests that began on Sunday night turned violent.

Jamia campus turned into a battlefield as the police entered the campus. Delhi Police went on to claim that they showed ¡®maximum restraint despite provocations¡¯ during Sunday¡¯s protest, even as the opposition demanded a judicial inquiry into the police action at Jamia Millia.

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Several students were injured - some more seriously than others - during the course of the protest and were taken to hospitals to be treated. Alleged police brutality sparked anger among people, many of whom then came out in support of students, opening up their hearts and homes to those injured and looking for shelter.

Students who do not have a home in the national capital and have no place to stay the night must be fearing for their life. In this situation, for the protestors, people on Twitter who have opened up their hearts and homes are surely no less than god.

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Some Sikh organisations helped the students by distributing food and water. People living in the Jamia area also distributed bananas, biscuits, water and juice to the protesters. Meanwhile, doctors at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) also came out and helped those who were injured.

While the protectors were not able to protect them, people from across the national capital stood with them.

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This is why we call Singh is King... Here is video of Sikh brothers who arranged chai langar in India Gate for protestors... Truly Heroes ??? https://t.co/M8UYTQUyBG pic.twitter.com/iaqm81QrP3

¡ª Saddam ???? (@Hussain_Md_) December 16, 2019

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All those girl students from #Jamia who have no where to go due to these protests
My house is open for you.
U are all welcome home, pls do no hesitate to tag me here. I will get in touch with u if u wish to come

¡ª Sakshi Joshi (@sakshijoshii) December 16, 2019

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Dear #Jamia students, especially the women- If any of you need help of any sort please DM. Will share my number. Feel free to call.

¡ª Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) December 15, 2019

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Any student who need help in #newdelhi can call to these numbers
Cc: received through WhatsApp#JamiaMilia #Jamia https://t.co/4f1lAnFVEk pic.twitter.com/4CdALiqSUz

¡ª #??????? (@ayaz9166) December 16, 2019

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#Jamia needs help. Step in, if you can safely.

¡ª Omair Ahmad (@OmairTAhmad) December 15, 2019

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Food being distributed in campus. #Jamia pic.twitter.com/JGI9y6rrfu

¡ª Arman Ahmad (@AAhmad105) December 13, 2019

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¡ª Nitin Sethi (@nit_set) December 15, 2019

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If you're near Jamia Millia Islamia and you want to open your house to injured students please DM me your address, number, and directions to your house.
I'll be sharing the details with the students.
Please help us out tonight. Please.

¡ª Jamia will not stop resisting (@manifesthoes) December 15, 2019

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For students having to vacate their hostels in India due to the recent violence, please try approaching a local Gurudwara. Here's a list of Gurudwaras in major Indian cities. This is a humanitarian tweet, not a political one. Pls keep it that way. https://t.co/9lI4WmsvlV

¡ª Parminder Singh (@parrysingh) December 16, 2019

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Any students from Jamia Hostels who needs a place to stay, please ping me. I live in noida and my family lives in different parts of Delhi and I am extending all our homes to anyone who needs it right now. #JamiaMilia

¡ª Tanzila Anis ?????????? ?????? (@aaliznat) December 16, 2019

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If anyone needs any help or any place to stay or transport, please feel free to reach out; my DMs are open. I live quite near Kalkaji and Jamia. Don¡¯t hesitate in asking for help. We are all with you ! Be safe. #CABPolitics #JamiaMilia #CAA2019

¡ª Radhika Roy (@royradhika7) December 15, 2019

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Any Jamia student who is in need of a place to stay or need any kind of help, please feel free to be in touch
JNU welcomes you
Contact : +91 9961547433#JamiaProtest #Jamia

¡ª Vishnu Prazad (@Vishnu_Prazad) December 16, 2019

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to give Indian nationality to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan facing religious persecution there.

According to the proposed legislation, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014, and facing religious persecution there will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.

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?????? ? @indiatimesinsta ??? ????. . . . . . . . People coming forward to help out the students of Jamia. This is an appreciation post for all the beautiful humans out there. Love and respect to you guys <3 With many things going wrong in the country right now, it may seem like a bad place to be in, however, people who are fighting for the rights are striving to make this world a better place. They are the reason why our world is worth saving and not something to give up on. . . . . . #Jamia #JamiaStudents #JamiaProtest #CAB #CAA

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The students of Jamia are not the only ones protesting against the CAB and NRC, colleges across the nation - Guwahati University, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, Aligarh University among others, were also the ones to protest.

On Sunday evening, the police entered the Jamia campus and pulled out the students from the library and hostels and allegedly abused them with lathi charge and sadly the students also included women. Fifty students who were detained by the police were released on Monday, but the tensions continued on the campus.

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, reassured the protesting students across several states in India that the CAB is not targeting at Indian Muslims, protests and outrage only grew louder.

People who have put out their status on Twitter are also showing their support and solidarity with the students. Though, it is not necessary that people go out and support the protestors by shouting slogans with them but there are other ways in which they are supporting them. While the protestors are out there, other people are making sure that they do not go hungry! And when their own government and so-called protectors are not doing anything to protect them, these people make sure that they feel safe in their own country.

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