<p class="title">West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the detention of historian Ramachandra Guha and others in Bengaluru for staging a demonstration against CAA and NRC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Extending her solidarity with Guha and other agitators who were detained on Thursday morning, Banerjee said the Centre was scared of one of India's "most accomplished" historians.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This government is scared of students. This government is scared of one of India's most accomplished historians for speaking to the media on #CAB #NRC and holding a poster of Gandhiji. I condemn the detention of Ram Guha. We extend our full solidarity to all those detained," she tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 24 people, along with Guha were detained by the Bengaluru Police while protesting against the Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the protesters had violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city against any protest or demonstration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guha said it was "absolutely undemocratic" that police was not allowing even a peaceful protest, which is the democratic right of the citizens.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was taken away by the police personnel and forced into a vehicle parked nearby.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Banerjee has been vocal against the Act and NRC and had already staged three violent protest marches in Howrah and Kolkata since Monday.</p>
<p class="title">West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the detention of historian Ramachandra Guha and others in Bengaluru for staging a demonstration against CAA and NRC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Extending her solidarity with Guha and other agitators who were detained on Thursday morning, Banerjee said the Centre was scared of one of India's "most accomplished" historians.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This government is scared of students. This government is scared of one of India's most accomplished historians for speaking to the media on #CAB #NRC and holding a poster of Gandhiji. I condemn the detention of Ram Guha. We extend our full solidarity to all those detained," she tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 24 people, along with Guha were detained by the Bengaluru Police while protesting against the Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the protesters had violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city against any protest or demonstration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Guha said it was "absolutely undemocratic" that police was not allowing even a peaceful protest, which is the democratic right of the citizens.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was taken away by the police personnel and forced into a vehicle parked nearby.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Banerjee has been vocal against the Act and NRC and had already staged three violent protest marches in Howrah and Kolkata since Monday.</p>