{"id":318058,"date":"2019-12-19T06:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T06:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=318058"},"modified":"2019-12-19T06:31:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T06:31:36","slug":"several-metro-stations-shut-in-delhi-over-citizenship-act-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/several-metro-stations-shut-in-delhi-over-citizenship-act-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Several metro stations shut in Delhi over Citizenship Act protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304940 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/metro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/metro.jpg 660w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/metro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/metro-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday closed gates of several metro stations in view of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted today morning, \u201cEntry and exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh, Munirka, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Vishwavidyalaya Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan and Khan Market are closed. Trains will not be halting at these stations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe gates of Central Secretariat are closed. However, interchange facility is available at this station,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Massive protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act have been planned across the country today in spite of prohibitory orders being imposed in many states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Enormous jams were reported on roads leading to Delhi from Gurugram with the police barricading the national highway and allowing only one vehicle to pass at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Condemning the action against the protestors across the country, Congress in a tweet said, \u201cIt is the democratic right of every citizen to protest peacefully against the govt. Imposing #Section144 &amp; internet shutdowns are draconian measures to muzzle citizens by a govt that is terrified of hearing what Indians have to say. BJP should be ashamed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday closed gates of several metro stations in view of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted today morning, \u201cEntry and exit gates of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh, Munirka, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Vishwavidyalaya Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":304940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1961,2009,1801,2014],"tags":[1759,2850],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318061,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318058\/revisions\/318061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}