Indian socialists call for solidarity with Muslim minority

INDIAN-BRITISH socialists demanded an end to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “tide of anti-Muslim acts” today as hundreds of students rallied in central London.
The call came in response to a law passed last week which grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from three of India’s neighbouring countries.
The Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) fast-tracks citizenship for almost every religious minority — except Muslims — from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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