‘Like you, others too have rights’: SC appointed Mediators tell Shaheen Bagh protesters

The mediators appointed by the Supreme Court reached Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi on Tuesday afternoon to talk to the protesters and convince them to hold the agitation at an alternative site.

The protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA at the south Delhi locality is going on for more than two months, with protesters demanding the government should scrap the law.

While hearing a plea against the protest, the Supreme Court had on Monday appointed Senior Lawyers Sanjay Hegde and Sadhna Ramachandran to go and talk to the protesters. The court had also asked the lawyers to speak to former Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah for assisting them.

“Supreme Court has said that you have the right to protest. The law (CAA) has been challenged in the Supreme Court. But like us, others too have their rights, like the right to use roads, open their shops. Your rights must not trample on others,” Ramachandran told protesters as she initiated a dialogue.

“We want to listen to you. Together, we will find a solution which I am confident will be an example not just for India, but for the world,” she further said.

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