Citizenship Law Protest

Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law, outside the Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India, January 1, 2020/ Reuters
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India celebrates New Year's Eve with protests against citizenship law

Combined with opposition to a proposed national register of citizens many Indians fear the law will discriminate against minority Muslims and chip away at India's secular constitution

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest rally against a new citizenship law, in Bengaluru, India, December 22, 2019/ Reuters
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India's citizenship law not anti-Muslim: Narendra Modi

The Taj Mahal is reflected in a puddle in Agra, India August 9, 2016/ Reuters
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Tourists stay away from Taj Mahal, other Indian attractions as protests flare

Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, addresses the audience after inaugurating power projects in Allahabad, India, June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
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Hardline leader in Indian state defends "strict" action to quell protests

Arundhati Roy presents her book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness at the Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
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Arundhati Roy: Protests over India's citizenship law give me hope

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and her party supporters attend a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India, December 16, 2019. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
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Citizenship law: Madhya Pradesh chief minister to lead Bhopal rally

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. Photo: Collected
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Modi, Shah’s statements on NRC contradictory: Mamata

Photo: Hindustan Times
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'Dictators will come and go; The NRC papers, we won’t show'

Demonstrators carry posters during a protest against a new citizenship law, outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India, December 21, 2019. Photo: Reuters
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India's Modi holds security talks as protests rage over citizenship law

An impossible choice. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Bloomberg
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As India's protests swell, what is Modi’s endgame?

Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law, after Friday prayers at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 20, 2019. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
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Protesters chant 'Remove Modi' after prayers at historic Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi

Thousands protesting against the new citizenship law clashed with the police in many areas of Uttar Pradesh. Photo: Ashish Kanojia/Hindustan Times
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Live: Modi holds security talks as protests rage across country over citizenship law

Nitish Kumar drops Bihar from NRC list, asks why should it be implemented
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Nitish Kumar drops Bihar from NRC list, asks why should it be implemented