India, April 5 -- Thousands of people took to the streets of Kolkata, Chennai, and Ahmedabad on Friday, after weekly prayers by the Muslim community, to protest the Waqf Amendment Bill passed by Parliament.

Visuals from Kolkata showed a large crowd waving the national flag and carrying posters proclaiming 'we reject Waqf amendment' and 'Reject Waqf Bill' gathering at public meeting sites.

According to ANI, several of the protests were organised by the Joint Forum for Waqf Protection.

Police detained the chief of the state unit of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeem, or AIMIM, and 40 of its members.

Similar scenes were witnessed in Chennai, where actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam had announced a statewide protest.

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