Amid rising incidents of hate against the protesters, on February 6 the people of Shaheen Bagh organised Jashn-e-Ekta, a celebration of unity, at the protest site where women have been doing a sit-in for over 50 days against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs came together for a multi-faith prayer at the site. they did so to drive home the point that this is a pro-democracy protest and has not been organised by members of just one religion.

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