India's parliament on Wednesday passed a contentious bill that will allow c...
MUMBAI - India’s parliament on Wednesday passed a contentious bill that will allow citizenship for persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before 2015.
People, who claim to have migrated from Pakistan's Sindh Province, cheer next to a cutout of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate after India's parliament passed a Citizenship Amendment Bill , at Majnu Ka Tila in New Delhi, India, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Clearance of the Citizenship Bill triggered widespread protests as it excludes Muslims living in the remote northeast, a move critics say undermines the secular constitution.
Passage of the bill was a key election promise by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, re-energizing his nationalist, Hindu support base.Modi had promised that his party would grant citizenship to the six communities who according to the government have historically faced persecution on grounds of religion in the three Muslim-dominated countries. Lawmakers belonging to his party voted in favor of the bill.
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