'Grandmother Bilkis'), is an Indian activist who was at the forefront of protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) passed by the central Government of India.
[6] Bilkis sat with two of her friends, Asma Khatoon (90) and Sarwari (75),[8] and hundreds of muslims under a canopied tent at Shaheen Bagh, blocking a major highway in Delhi, for over three months.
[13] The protest started in response to police violence in Jamia Millia Islamia university located near Shaheen Bagh— "We continued our sit-in even as it rained or mercury dropped or temperature shot up.
[14] In an interview published in Livemint, she said that it is the idea of a plural India that she and her late husband grew up with that she is fighting for, "despite all odds ...
They passed the Babri Masjid verdict, triple talaq law, demonetization, we didn't say anything, but we will not stand for this division.
BBC quotes her saying "Women should feel empowered to step out of their homes and raise their voice, especially against injustice.
The page long explanation says— "Starting a simple Gandhian sit-in protest on a road in her locality of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, she managed to bring the world's attention to the latest signpost in India's slide ...