Narendra Modi defends contentious citizenship law amid protests
Prime minister denies law is anti-Muslim as police clash with demonstrators across India
Clashes continued on Sunday between Indian police and protesters angered by a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims, as the prime minister Narendra Modi used a rally for his Hindu nationalist party to defend the legislation, accusing the opposition of pushing the country into a “fear psychosis”.
Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide since the law was passed in parliament earlier this month in protests that represent the first major roadblock for Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda since his party’s landslide re-election last spring.