‘Would have been happier if demands were met’

Bilkis, an 82-year-old woman who protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, on Thursday said she was happy to be featured in Time magazine’s list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2020, but said she would have been happier if her demands had been met, PTI reported.

She was referring to her protest, along with more than thousand others, demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act.

“I am thankful to the almighty,” the 82-year-old woman said. “I would have been much happier had our demand been fulfilled…had the government listened to us and given us what we wanted.”

She expressed sadness for having to call off the protest due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. “I was there till the end,” she said.

Bilkis’ son Manzoor Ahmad said that his mother was not excited about being featured on the list….