Delhi Police Defends Denial Of Permission to AAP MLAs To Protest Outside Amit Shah's Residence

The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court of its reasons for refusing to grant permission to AAP MLAs Raghav Chadha and Atishi Marlena to protest outside the residences of Home Minister Amit Shah and Lt Governor Anil Baijal.

It stated that with prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC having been issued for all of Central Delhi where the two residences are located, and political gatherings being prohibited by the state disaster management authority, the DDMA, till Jan 31, the MLAs cannot be issued permission to protest outside their residences, for now.

The police informed the court of the reasons in a counter affidavit to the two AAP leaders' plea challenging the denial of their request, filed before the Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh.