The legislators had camped outside the LG House seeking an appointment with Baijal for the deployment of sufficient police force in the areas hit by violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act
'Citizenship' is a central subject under entry number 17 of List I- Union List under Seventh Schedule of the Constitution
The ongoing anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh since December 15 had figured prominently in the debate in Lok Sabha on Monday
The meeting was attended by Delhi LG Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik and others
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Here are the top 10 developments on violence in northeast Delhi
More than 200 people have been injured in the violence that raged in the areas over the last few days
Northeast Delhi's socio-economic profile shows it was a communally sensitive area where sparks lit by some irresponsible statements led to one of the worst riots in the city's post-1950 history
Normalcy seems to be returning in the city with over 98 per cent attendance recorded in the class 12 board exam held in violence-affected areas during the day
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A recent report pegged the economic losses due to the New Delhi riots alone at Rs 25,000 crore.
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The court cited a lack of material for a prima facie case of sedition
Hearing a batch of 143 petitions, the top court, had on January 22, made it clear that the operation of the CAA will not be stayed and gave the government four weeks to respond to the pleas
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Congress MP said the party had pressure on them to visit the riot affected areas because IUML and Left parties had made the visit
British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said the violence had brought back painful personal memories from the 1984 Sikh riots
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is an internal matter of India and that "no foreign party" had any locus standi on issues pertaining to country's sovereignty
There were some areas of normalcy in the riot-hit localities of northeast Delhi with shops opening