Troops have been deployed in response to violent protests over India's controversial citizenship bill. The bill, which was passed by the country's parliament on Wednesday, offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Mulism minorities.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was passed by the country's parliament on Wednesday, has been described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government as a means of protecting vulnerable groups from persecution. Critics, however, say the bill marginalizes Muslims and undermines the country's secular constitution. Others say it risks bringing an unwanted influx of immigrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan into India's northern states.
People walk past vehicles set on fire by demonstrators protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, December 11, Promise 'rings hollow'Opponents of the bill say it is another example of how Modi and his his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have pushed an agenda of Hindu nationalism onto secular India, a country of 1.3 billion people, at the expense of the Muslim population.
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