CAA protests: Government ready to communicate with Shaheen Bagh protesters, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday stated that the government is ready to communicate with the demonstrators at Shaheen Bagh to clear all their uncertainty over the amended Citizenship Act, but it should be in a ‘structured form’.

The Shaheen Bagh demonstrators have been participating in a sit-in since the last 40 days to display their objection over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

"Government is ready to talk to protestors of Shaheen Bagh but then it should be in a structured form and the Narendra Modi govt is ready to communicate with them and clear all their doubts they have against CAA," he wrote on Twitter.

The Law Minister also shared a link of a TV debate in which he had taken part, a person linked with the protest questioned him on why the central government was not trying to talk to the protesters at Shaheen Bagh.

Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that it was a good thing that people were demonstrating for days but some people were heard saying that there would be no dialogue untill the CAA was rolled back.

"If you want a government representative to talk, then there should be a structured request from Shaheen Bagh which says all the people there want to talk on the subject," Mr Prasad said.

He further elucidated that Shaheen Bagh was not the place to hold talks. "What if someone goes there and is mistreated," he said.

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