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CM Yogi Adityanath said the BJP is committed to protect every Hindu and that is why the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was enacted.

The demonstration was led by state CPI secretary AM Saleem, with party members voicing strong opposition to the bill.

Taking a jibe at the previous government, he said that the Waqf Act had then become an instrument of fear, and through the Act, Congress appeased some Muslim leaders and others.

The state government had earlier adopted a resolution on March 27 demanding the union government to completely withdraw the bill.

The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it, after being cleared earlier in the Lok Sabha, where 288 members supported it and 232 voted against.