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Shaheen Bagh protesters on Sunday tried to march to Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence here for a dialogue over the amended citizenship law, but were stopped by the police after a little distance from the sit-in site as they did not have permission from the authorities to take out the rally.

The protesters, who had announced that they would take out the march on Sunday, said they were awaiting a nod from the police which, they claimed, had sought some time. A large posse of security personnel was deployed at Shaheen Bagh in south-east Delhi where hundreds of women protesters gathered to march towards Shah’s residence on the Krishna Menon Marg for a dialogue over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

Barricades were put up in the area and the protesters were stopped a little distance from the site. The protesters chose an eight-member delegation, including elderly women called “dadis” of Shaheen Bagh, to approach the police “to allow them” to meet Shah and asserted that they would carry out the march peacefully.