Strengthening anti-CAA movement priority, politics can happen later: bhim Army chief Aazad

A day after being released from the Tihar Jail, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad said on Friday that his primary concern was not to fight the Delhi polls, but to strengthen the "movement" against the "discriminatory" Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The 33-year-old Bhim Army chief visited the Jama Masjid, located in the old quarters of Delhi from where he was arrested in connection with the violence during an anti-CAA protest on December 20, and read out the preamble to the Constitution as he called for repeal of the amended citizenship law.

Aazad was released from prison on Thursday night after a Delhi court granted him bail.

He termed the amended law a "black Act" and stressed that nothing was more important than keeping the country together. Swarmed by his supporters and locals, Aazad, donning his trademark blue scarf, spent close to 40 minutes at the historic mosque.

Later at a press conference, he said the court granted him bail under certain conditions and told him not to disrespect Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "But it will be shameful if I don't call him out for saying that those indulging in violence can be identified by their clothes itself."
On the violence at Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawarharlal Nehru University, Aazad said, "Women are worshipped in this country, but here they were beaten up."