Shaheen Bagh protest an example of dilemma between rights and duties of people: Naqvi

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday termed the Shaheen Bagh protest against CAA as an example of the "dilemma" between rights and duties of the people.

"They (protesters) understand their rights but not their duties. I do not think one can achieve their rights by hijacking (blocking) a road," Naqvi said at Indian Student Parliament event held at Vigyan Bhawan here.

"We will always be caught up in confusion if we do not understand our rights and duties," he said.

The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), primarily by local women, started in Shaheen Bagh in mid-December and has led to blocking of a road connecting southeast Delhi areas to Noida causing daily hardships to commuters.

Naqvi said fundamental rights and duties of citizens are equally important. Rights and responsibilities are two sides of the same coin and both go together. "If we have rights, we also have some responsibilities attached to those rights," he said.

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