CAA protest row: Rahul, Priyanka stopped from entering Meerut by UP Police

Dec 24, 2019

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 24 (ANI): Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped from entering UP's Meerut on December 24. They were on their way to meet families of those who were killed in violence that broke out during protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). They are now returning to Delhi after being stopped by police in Meerut. President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) on December 13 which will give Indian citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants who faced persecution in three neighbouring countries-Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.