The barricaded area was visited by numerous politicians such as Indian National Congress leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar and Shashi Tharoor; social activists Chandrashekhar Azad, Umar Khalid and Jigesh Mevani; and celebrities such as Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. On 14 February 2020, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap visited Shaheen Bagh and delivered a speech. On the same day, the anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama attack, the protestors paid homage to the 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel martyred in the attack, a suicide bombing attack by terrorists. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah sent an open invitation for talks to the elderly Shaheen Bagh protestors. However, a crowd of protestors who marched towards the Union Minister's residence for talks was stopped by the Delhi Police.