In view of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru starting 6 am today to 21 December midnight. "Section 144 imposed all over the city but city will normal and All transport will available as usual. Don't be panic," Bengaluru police said on Twitter. However, schools, colleges, bank, offices, government offices, commercial establishment are functioning normally. For those not protesting against the CAA, normal life will go on. Replying to tweets, the Bengaluru police said there is no need to be afraid, buses are as usual plying on the roads.

In view of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru starting 6 am today to 21 December midnight. "Section 144 imposed all over the city but city will normal and All transport will available as usual. Don't be panic," Bengaluru police said on Twitter. However, schools, colleges, bank, offices, government offices, commercial establishment are functioning normally. For those not protesting against the CAA, normal life will go on. Replying to tweets, the Bengaluru police said there is no need to be afraid, buses are as usual plying on the roads.

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Bengaluru city police commissioner Bhaskar Rao said that there will be no permissions given to protests of any kind.

The decision not to allow any protests also since Karnataka CM Yediyurappa has announced to implement both NRC and CAA. Section 144 prohibits assembly of five or more people, holding public meetings.

Bengaluru police has deployed baton-wielding police personnel at Town Hall, Mysore Bank circle and Freedom Park in the city centre to prevent any untoward incident and maintain peace.

A consortium of Left wing, Muslim organisations and college students' associations in the state have joined the day-long all-India shutdown (Bharat bandh) to protest against the CAA and the NRC (National Register of Citizens) and were asking for repealing both as they were discriminatory and draconian.

The Parliament had passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, last week and it became an act after receiving assent from President Ram Nath Kovind. Since then, protests have erupted in various parts of the country against the amended law.

The Act seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, and who entered India on or before 31 December 2014.