FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a new citizenship law and to show solidarity with the students of New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia university after police entered the university campus on Sunday following a protest against the new law, in Ahmedabad, India, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave
NEW DELHI - India’s top court on Wednesday refused to stall the implementation of a new law that lays out a path for non-Muslim minorities from some neighboring countries for Indian citizenship, despite violent protests across the country. The Supreme Court said it would hear petitions challenging the law on Jan. 22. The petitioners argue that it violates India’s secular constitution.
Protests against the law erupted in the northeastern state of Assam last week. They have since turned violent and spread to universities across the country, where students and the public have come out to chant anti-government slogans and call the law anti-Muslim and anti-constitution.Our Standards:
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CAA is the law to give citizenship. Why is so hard to understand. India is helping persecuted minorities who are facing hardship and humiliation in their countries. ISupportCAA
Careful about reporting: Assam and other NE states are protesting “against” refuge being “automatically granted” to People of neighbouring countries. Some in other Indian states are protesting against refuge “not automatically granted” to Muslims from neighbouring countries.
Something doesn’t feel right about this !!!!
I thought Indians were smarter than this. Talk about creating a problem that didn't need to be there. Sigh