It will be a peaceful sit-in, assure brains behind Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh

Coimbatore: In the backdrop of violence and arson over CAA protests in New Delhi, top police officials of the city met with representatives of Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh at Aathupalam Junction and asked them to conduct the sit-in without causing inconvenience to traffic and the public and cooperate with police for safety and security reasons.
Representatives assured police officials that such incidents would not happen in the city. K Raja Hussain, district president of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the organiser of the federation of all Jamaaths and Muslim organisations, said people of all faiths are living in harmony in the city. “People from other faiths are also taking part in the protest,” he said.
The sit-in against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) and the National People’s register (NPR) entered seventh day on Tuesday.
Protesters said they were careful to conduct the protest peacefully and not allow even a small untoward incident to take place till CAA is repealed. Meanwhile, central committee member of CPM U Vasuki addressed the protesters.
Many of the protesters were working and businesspeople. They have given up their pay and have been taking part in what many of them term the ‘second struggle for Indian Independence’.
Ibrahim, an organiser at the protest site, said he had two readymade garment retail outlets in the city and had not visited them in seven days. “I went to the shops for half an hour to see accounts. I would head back to the protest site soon.”
Considering security reasons, women protesters are sent home at night and they come back to the protest site after they finish their household chores and sending their children to schools and colleges in the morning. Shameema Habeeb, a protester, said women were ready to sit in protest in night. “But considering security, we come home. We are strong in our idea that we would not allow even a small untoward incident to happen,” she said.
There were also views among protesters that the sit-in was getting monotonous and they were looking to engage in other forms of civil protests. Mujibur Rahman, an organiser, said they would not let go the Shaheen Bagh protest, but simultaneously look for other means of protests too.