Protests began across India in December 2019 in response to the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) by both houses of Parliament.[9][10][11][12] Protesters have agitated not only against the citizenship issues of the CAA, but also against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).[13] On the intervening night of 22–23 February 2020, around 500 to 1000 women protesters started a sit-in protest at a stretch of Seelampur–Jaffrabad road, in North East Delhi. The protest blocked the entry and exit to the Seelampur metro station.[14][15] According to the protesters, the sit-in was in solidarity with the Bharat Bandh called by the Bhim Army and scheduled to begin on 23 February.