Huge protests in India against a citizenship law seen by many as anti-Muslim hav...
MUMBAI - Huge protests in India against a citizenship law seen by many as anti-Muslim have wrong-footed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sent his Hindu nationalist party scrambling to douse the anger.
“I really did not see the protests coming ... not just me, other BJP lawmakers were also unable to predict this kind of anger,” Sanjeev Balyan, a ruling party legislator and junior federal minister, told Reuters. Outrage at the citizenship law has been fanned by resentment against the government for following a majoritarian agenda instead of addressing an economic slowdown and loss of jobs.Three other BJP lawmakers and two federal ministers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters they were mobilizing party supporters from all walks of life to start community dialogues and dispel discontent over the law.
Across both religious groups, students, politicians and rights activists have also taken to the streets, saying Modi is jeopardizing India’s secular constitution. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , which is the ideological parent of the BJP, has also launched a movement across urban slums to counter opposition to the bill.
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