Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India

NEW DELHI: Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a rally on Sunday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital.

"We have never asked anyone if they go to a temple or a mosque when it comes to implementing welfare schemes," he said. In most places, the demonstrations have been joined by people of all faiths, but Uttar Pradesh is a tinder-box for communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims, and authorities there haveMore than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, additionally, some 4,000 people have been detained and then released, the officials said.

Alarmed by spreading protests and the rising violence, authorities have order a shut down of internet and mobile messaging services in Delhi, shut metro stations and cancelled permissions for large demonstrations. The eastern state of Jharkhand is in the final stages of its drawn out election, with the count set for Dec 23, and the fall out from the furore over the citizenship act will be more evident once Delhi votes in coming months.

We support CAA, this is for the betterment of country and not impacting to indian muslims as well. People must understand this and should not di agitations.

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