Indian Communists slam government's new citizenship rules that exclude Muslims
INDIAN communists today slammed new citizenship rules announced by Narendra Modi’s government that exclude Muslims.
The move by the far-right Hindu nationalist leader comes just weeks before the country’s general election.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) provides a fast track to naturalisation for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before December 31 2014.
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