Many Indians fear population survey in 2020 could be used to build a controversial citizens register which combined with the citizenship law could be used against Muslims
Protesters hold placards at a demonstration against India's new citizenship law in New Delhi on December 24, 2019.
Many Indians say the Citizenship Amendment Act discriminates against Muslims and violates India's secular constitution by making religion a test for citizenship. They say the law and a proposed national register of citizens could be used against the Muslim minority. The CAA aims to fast-track citizenship for persecuted Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
A Tamil Nadu government official who oversees Sri Lankan refugees in the state did not return calls seeking comment.
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