India, Jan. 4 -- There was tension during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh when a section of protesters called off the protests after 20 days on Thursday, citing "politicisation" of their "peaceful protest". However, some agitators did not accept the call off and continued with their protests.

Sharjeel Imam, a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, from Shaheen Bagh coordination committee said: "We called off the Shaheen Bagh road blockade to avoid the impending violence from goons of political parties and to avoid politicisation of the stage by parties."

Sharjeel Imam is one of the organisers of the Shaheen Bagh protests which began on 14 December with the local residents in the Muslim-majority...