Thousands took to the streets of Mumbai on Thursday (December 19) to show their opposition to the Citizen Amendment Act.

Protest against the citizenship law have been spreading throughout the country like wildfire since being passed.

Mumbai saw thousands of its citizens from diverse backgrounds protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Thursday. The venue selected was August Kranti Maidaan -the very spot from where Mahatma Gandhi had given the call to “Quit India" to the British government in August 1942. Musicians strummed along while social activists, NGOs, students and citizens from India Inc gathered to protest against CAA. Students who formed a major chunk displayed posters and carried posters on Kashmir, Assam besides raising voices against the Bill.

In light of the protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Mumbai on Thursday, the city police have put security measures in place. Along with the local police, Riots Control Police (RCP), Quick Response Teams (QRT), State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) were deployed to maintain law and order. Police in plain clothes were also deployed for the vigil. Drones and CCTV deployed as well at the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which grants fast-track citizenship to non-Muslim refugees who fled to India due to religious persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.