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Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis Dadi detained for joining farmers’ protests

Published: 01 Dec 2020
Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis Dadi detained for joining farmers’ protests

Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis Dadi detained for joining farmers’ protests

Delhi police on Tuesday, detained Shaheen Bagh's anti-CAA protest leader Bilkis Bano who had reached the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu to join the farmers protesting the government’s farm laws.

“We are daughters of farmers. We will go to support farmers in the protest today. We will raise our voice, the government should listen to us,” she had said minutes before the detention.

Bilkis Bano of Shaheenbagh sit-in protest was named in Time’s magazine’s list of 100 most influential people.

https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1333703493341724675?s=19

"Kisan bhai supported us when we were protesting, now it's our turn," she told ND TV Tuesday noon.

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