Modi blames opposition for violent protests against India's new citizenship law

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Authorities in multiple regions, including in parts of the capital New Delhi, cut phone and internet services amid the protests.

Modi was addressing a crowd of hundreds of supporters in New Delhi to kick off the campaign for the Delhi Assembly election in 2020. against the controversial new law that parliament cleared on December 11.

"You have seen how these people are pushing their own interests," he said."The statements given, the false videos, inciting, people sitting at a high level have committed the crime of spreading confusion and fire by putting it on social media." However, critics of the law claim it discriminates against Muslims because while it fast-tracks citizenship for religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians, from the three countries, Muslims are not included.

 

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