The Million March: Anti-CAA, NRC rally brings Hyderabad to standstill

The protest went off peacefully without any untoward incident.

Waiving the Tricolour, shouting slogans and holding posters and banners against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), thousands of people hit the streets of Hyderabad on Saturday bringing the city to a grinding halt. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

Updated on:

05 Jan 2020, 6:30 am

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It was destination Dharna Chowk near Indira Park for the people to register a vociferous protest against the CAA. The Million March, organised under the aegis of the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee, witnessed a huge crowd from various parts of the city taking part in the march. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

People from Old City, Secunderabad, Banjara Hills and other parts of the city walked or travelled in vehicles via Tank Bund to reach the venue. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

The Dharna Chowk reverberated with slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

As an unprecedented number of people of different age groups and backgrounds marched towards the Dharna Chowk, traffic went haywire. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

Police granted permission only for a protest meeting from 2 pm to 5 pm at Dharna Chowk, and not a rally. The permission was given on the condition that not more than 1,000 people would be allowed to gather at Indira Park. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

With Indira Park overcrowded, people took to the open ground beside it and held demonstrations. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)

The protests saw participation from Left and Dalit organisations. However, it was predominantly a Muslim crowd that thronged Indira Park. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)

As people kept joining the Million March from across the city, Tank Bund became completely inaccessible to motorists. This had a cascading effect across the city, as Tank Bund is the arterial road that connects Secunderabad, Old City and Khairatabad together. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)