India’s Modi refuses to budge on citizenship law despite mass protests
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(Worthy News) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to give in to protesters’ demands over a controversial new citizenship law even as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets for the seventh day as part of mass protests on Wednesday.
Riots and clashes have led to six deaths and many more injuries over the last six days.
Protesters are challenging a new law, passed by the Indian parliament last week, that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three countries. [ Source: Deutche Welle (Read More…) ]
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