NEW DELHI ¨C Thousands of Indians ushered in the New Year by demonstrating against a citizenship law despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s attempts to dampen protests that have run for nearly three weeks.
The protests have rocked India since Dec. 12, when the government passed legislation easing the way for non-Muslim minorities from neighboring Muslim-majority nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to gain Indian citizenship.
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.
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