Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various pla...
LUCKNOW, India - Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places on Tuesday while members of the ruling party planned marches backing a new citizenship law even though nationwide protests against it are escalating.
At least 20 rallies in support or against the new law were scheduled in different cities with protesters from both sides canvassing on social media to get people out over Christmas and the New Year. Activists opposed to the law said they were trying to keep up the momentum and were looking for ways to work around the police clampdown and internet blackouts.
Police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh , which has seen the most deaths in the protests, suggested that Islamists were stirring up the anti-CAA demonstrations.
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