India’s Amit Shah says government ‘firm’ on citizenship law even as outrage grows
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1448820
India’s Amit Shah says government ‘firm’ on citizenship law even as outrage grows
- Title: India’s Amit Shah says government ‘firm’ on citizenship law even as outrage grows
- Date: 17th December 2019
- Summary: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS RAISING SLOGANS AS POLICEMEN TRY TO CONTROL THE CROWD VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED AND RAISING SLOGANS (SOUNDBITE) (English) COORDINATOR OF INDIA'S SOUTHERN TAMIL NADU STATE, SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA, A.K. KAREEM, SAYING: "We want every persons (person) to be live (living) in this country only. We will not allow the people to dividing (divide) this country so that is why we are doing protest here. We will continue to do the protest until the particular Bill (Citizenship Amendment Act) has been repealed." HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) PLACARD IN HANDS OF PROTESTER READING (English): 'STAND WITH JNU AMU JAMIA'/PROTESTER LOOKING ON PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS AND POSTERS STANDING POSTER IN HANDS OF PROTESTER PROTESTERS WITH POSTERS AND PLACARDS WALKING AND RAISING SLOGANS POSTER IN HANDS OF A PROTESTER READING (English) 'WANT DEMOCRACY NOT DICTATORSHIP # NO CAB'/PROTESTERS WALKING AND RAISING SLOGANS PROTESTERS WALKING/POSTER IN HANDS OF A PROTESTER READING (English) 'H HINDU, M MUSLIM, HINDUSTAN' VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS POSTERS, PLACARDS AND INDIAN NATIONAL FLAGS WALKING AND RAISING SLOGANS NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIAN INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH, SAYING: "I want to say that you can do whatever political protests you want to do. The (Narendra) Modi government of Bharatiya Janata Party is firm that all the refugees will get citizenship; they will become citizens of India and they will live with respect in the world." NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY PROTESTERS RAISING SLOGANS PROTESTERS WITH POSTERS WALKING AND RAISING SLOGANS PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS RAISING SLOGANS VARIOUS OF POSTER IN THE HANDS OF A PROTESTER WITH PICTURES OF GERMAN POLITICIAN AND LEADER OF THE NAZI PARTY, ADOLF HITLER, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI AND INDIAN INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH READING (English) 'NO NRIC, NO CAA'/PROTESTERS STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PROTESTER AND JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA STUDENT, MOHAMMAD KASIF , SAYING: "(Mahatma) Gandhi and (Bhim Rao) Ambedkar made India. India does not belong to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. They are messing up Ambedkar's Constitution which we do not like at all." NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) CONGRESS MATRIARCH, SONIA GANDHI, CONGRESS LEADER, GHULAM NABI AZAD (WEARING BROWN BLAZER) AND OTHER OPPOSITION LEADERS WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF INDIA'S OPPOSITION CONGRESS PARTY, SONIA GANDHI, SAYING: "Situation in the northeast which is now spreading throughout the country including the capital…the Jamia (Millia Islamia) university because of the act… is a very serious situation. We fear that it may spread even further." NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 17, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF POLICEMEN PATROLLING ON TWO WHEELERS
- Embargoed: 31st December 2019 16:08
- Keywords: Amit Shah Chennai Citizenship Amendment Act India Jamia Millia Islamia NarendraModi New Delhi Sonia Gandhi police protests
- Location: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU/HYDERABAD, TELANGANA/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU/HYDERABAD, TELANGANA/NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAD5Q33
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is firm on giving citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries and implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act, said Interior Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (December 17) even as protests against the law raged on across the country for a sixth straight day.
Nationwide opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act - which offers a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan - has grown since last week, but Modi's government appears to have dug in its heels.
Critics say the law weakens India's secular foundations since it does not apply to Muslims, who have been coming out on to the streets in increasing numbers against the legislation.
Earlier in the day in Delhi's Seelampur area, police fired shots in the air and lobbed more than 60 rounds of tear gas to beat back thousands of people protesting against the new law.
Some police personnel were injured, public transport buses, one Rapid Action Force bus and some bikes were damaged during the protest, according to police. Police patrolled the streets of the capital on motorbikes to prevent untoward incidents.
Protests in southern Chennai, Hyderabad and in New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia university escalated as demonstrators in huge numbers raised slogans, carried posters and demanded government to repeal the act. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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