Indian protesters angry over a new federal law making it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries to seek Indian citizenship attack train stations and block highways in the country's north-east.
Indian protesters angry over a new federal law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from some neighbouring countries to seek Indian citizenship have attacked train stations and blocked highways in the country's north-east, Indian authorities have said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government said the Citizenship Amendment Bill, approved by parliament on Wednesday, was meant to protect minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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