In Pics: Anti-CAA Solidarity on New Year’s Eve at Shaheen Bagh

Protesters carried posters, placards and tricolour at the demonstration, resounding ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogans.

Women usher in the new year protesting against CAA and NRC at Shaheen Bagh, in Delhi.

(Photo: Mukul Bhandari/The Quint)

Thousands of people gathered at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on New Year’s Eve for the eighteenth consecutive day to oppose the (Citizenship) Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Around two to three thousand people, led chiefly by women, gathered along the road in Shaheen Bagh, in the tarpaulin-shaded venue for the protest.

The protesters carried posters, placards and the tricolour at the demonstration, resounding ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogans.

Women usher in the new year protesting against CAA and NRC at Shaheen Bagh, in Delhi.

Undeterred by the cold, some women brought their children along to the protest site.

Protesters hold a candle-light demonstration at Shaheen Bagh. 

Protesters carry anti-CAA placards at Shaheen Bagh.

People celebrate the new year with slogans of ‘Azaadi’ at Shaheen Bagh.

Scores of women have been camping at Shaheen Bagh to protest the CAA and NRC.

A protester holds an anti-CAA placard at Shaheen Bagh.

A protester holds an anti-CAA placard at Shaheen Bagh.

People from all walks of life joined the anti-CAA demonstration at Shaheen Bagh.

Protesters hold a mobile-torch demonstration at Shaheen Bagh. 

Women protesters at Shaheen Bagh, which has emerged as the hub of resistance.

A boy showcases an anti-CAA placard at Shaheen Bagh.

People display anti-CAA and NRC placards at Shaheen Bagh.

Scores of protesters took part in the protest amid the biting cold.

A protester holds an anti-CAA placard at Shaheen Bagh.