{"id":70623,"date":"2024-03-13T03:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T03:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/protests-erupt-in-india-over-contentious-citizenship-law\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T03:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T03:50:32","slug":"protests-erupt-in-india-over-contentious-citizenship-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/protests-erupt-in-india-over-contentious-citizenship-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests erupt in India over contentious citizenship law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GUWAHATI: Sporadic protests have erupted in India against a controversial citizenship law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government implemented<\/a> the legislation just days before a general election is announced.<\/p>\n

Protests broke out in the eastern state of Assam and the southern state of Tamil Nadu late on Monday evening after the implementation was announced, authorities said.<\/p>\n

However, there were no reports of damage or any clashes with security forces.<\/p>\n

Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government framed rules to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), making it easy only for non-Muslim refugees from three Muslim-majority South Asian nations to get Indian citizenship.<\/p>\n

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Amended law excludes Muslims in grant of Indian citizenship<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The enactment<\/a> of the law in 2019 had led to massive protests and sectarian violence in which scores were killed, forcing the government to delay its implementation.<\/p>\n

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu\u2019s capital, protesters took out a candle-light march and shouted slogans against the law.<\/p>\n

In Assam, protesters burnt copies of the law and shouted slogans on Monday night, and local opposition parties have called for a state-wide strike on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Many oppose the CAA in Assam as they fear it can increase migration from neigh\u00adbouring Muslim Bangl\u00adadesh, a longstanding flashpoint that has polarised the state for decades.<\/p>\n

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which rules the southern state of Kerala, had called for state-wide protests on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cKerala will stand united in opposing this communal and divisive law,\u201d Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a post on X, among several opposition chief ministers who have criticised implementation of CAA.<\/p>\n

Authorities in the national capital New Delhi, where the protests were centred in 2019, were on alert for any violence, prohibiting unlawful gatherings and increasing police presence in sensitive areas.<\/p>\n

CAA grants Indian nationality to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India due to religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before December 31, 2014.<\/p>\n

Rights activists and Muslim groups say the law, combined with a proposed national register of citizens, can discriminate against India\u2019s 200 million Muslims. Some fear the government might remove the citizenship of Muslims without documents in some border states.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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