![]() ![]() Is there a plan? New evidence emerged about the violence that had left hundreds of students beaten and broken at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia (40% of its students are non-Muslims) and Aligarh Muslim University. On February 23, a BJP leader warned the DP, “A three-day ultimatum to Delhi Police - get the streets of Jafrabad and Chand Bagh cleared. ![]() Much had happened in different parts of the country since December 11, 2019: sit-ins at Shaheen Bagh, Delhi, and in other cities and towns marches and rallies election time rhetoric and petitions in courts. What is important is that the fight that was between the government and anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protesters has spilled over to the streets and turned into pitched battles between anti-CAA protesters and pro-CAA demonstrators. According to The Hindu dated February 25, “The violence erupted in the presence of nearly 100 policemen, who seemingly did not respond to the situation.” It is not important who provided the first provocation or who first threw a stone or who first brandished a gun. ![]() The only ones who seemed unprepared were the Delhi Police (DP). The violence that shattered the peace in northeast Delhi on February 24 and the following days, and claimed more than 40 lives, was entirely predictable. ![]() NORMALLY, COMMON SENSE is sufficient to foretell an impending calamity, it does not require a sixth sense. ![]()
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