Amid anti-Muslim violence, India sees more protests
In India, latest reports are of more protests amid a recent wave of sectarian riot which has left several dozen Muslims dead and hundreds more injured in the capital New Delhi over a time span of one week.
On Wednesday, activists from various sides of the political spectrum took part in a demonstration in Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, against the recent violence as well as an anti-Muslim law.
A similar demonstration was held in New Delhi, with the demonstrators carrying flags and posters against the law.
The angry demonstrators chanted slogans against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, vowing to keep up the pressure until the new citizenship law was scrapped.
They demanded resignation of Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, who is the chief strategist of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a close aide to Modi.
Last week, in the worst communal violence in decades in New Deli, nearly 50 people were killed and over 100 wounded as groups chanting Hindu nationalist slogans torched mosques and dozens of Muslim houses.
Since the passage of the controversial act on December 11, thousands of people across India, led mainly by Muslims and students, have been protesting against the legislation.
So far, the violence has killed more than 75 people across the country.
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