Authorities are bracing for further demonstrations in Uttar Pradesh, parts of Delhi after Friday prayers. FMTNews
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally in Kolkata.
Modi denies accusations that the law, which eases naturalisation procedures for non-Muslim minorities from three nations, is part of a master plan to reshape India as a purely Hindu nation. Members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , a militaristic group that has long espoused “Hindutva” or Hindu hegemony, marched through the streets beating drums and blowing horns.
Around 2,500 people rallied against the government in the financial capital Mumbai on Thursday, police told AFP, with demonstrators waving flags and carrying banners calling for a boycott of the citizenship law. In India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh – where 19 people have been killed – the authorities have arrested thousands and sought damages from more than 100 people accused of rioting and destroying public property.
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