The protesters at Shaheen Bagh are not opposed to the opening of a road parallel to the spot where they have organised a demonstration against the new citizenship law, if the Supreme Court orders the Delhi Police to ensure their safety, court-appointed interlocutors Sanjay Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran said after the third round of talks on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police have said that the protesters have not blocked the parallel road, but they have barricaded it to provide security to the protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third round of talks between the protesters and the two senior advocates was held on Friday evening, with Hegde and Ramachandran discussing the possibility of opening at least one carriageway of Road Number 13A. The road, which connects Noida to South East Delhi and Faridabad, was closed for traffic in after the anti-Citizenship Act protest began at Shaheen Bagh on December 15 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn principle, the protesters were not fundamentally against opening of the non-protest side of the road if their security could be guaranteed in writing by the Delhi Police under suitable orders of the Supreme Court,\u201d a statement released by the interlocutors said. The interlocutors told the protesters that their concerns would \u201chonestly\u201d be conveyed to the apex court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The road blockade has led to big traffic jams in and around Ashram and parts of south Delhi, with other Noida-Delhi connections, such as the Nizamuddin bridge, also being hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Wednesday and Thursday, Ramachandran and Hegde stood on a dais and interacted with protesters using wireless microphones. On Friday, they chose not to take the stage. Instead, they walked in an open space between two groups of seated protesters as hundreds of others stood on the road outside to listen to the discussions.The protesters then took the microphone to say how the police had closed certain roads around Shaheen Bagh unnecessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The talks soon veered towards the possibility of opening one of the two carriageways of the road the protesters have been blocking since mid-December. The stage and tent set up by the protesters block one of the carriageways, while the other is partially occupied with tents and structures, such as a replica of the India Gate and a large iron frame of the Indian map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pointing to the shooting incident that took place outside Jamia in January, the protesters said they didn\u2019t trust the police. \u201cWe want the police to give us in writing that we will be safe and secure,\u201d said a woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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