Protests over a new citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses...
NEW DELHI - Protests over a new citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses across India on Monday as critics said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with India’s founding as a secular republic.
There were similar scenes at the Aligarh Muslim University in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where police also clashed with protesters on the campus. Under the law passed by parliament last week, religious minorities such as Hindus and Christians in neighboring Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who have settled in India prior to 2015 will have a path to Indian citizenship on grounds they faced persecution in those countries.
Students said they also stood in solidarity with fellow student in Delhi who clashed with police in Delhi on Sunday. In the capital New Delhi and other urban centers, opposition political activists and student leaders are angry over a law that they say erodes India’s secular foundations.
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