Small demonstrations from Harvard to San Francisco underline criticism of Modi’s divisive identity politics.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a thunderous reception when he addressed a crowd of more than 50,000 Indian-Americans in a stadium in the US city of Houston last September.
The law, which was promised by Modi before he was re-elected and was approved in December, in effect granted Indian citizenship to non-Muslim religious groups fleeing persecution from three neighbouring Muslim-majority countries. Nidhi emigrated to the United States when she was five and has taken part in demonstrations against the citizenship law in the US state of Texas.The latest protests were outside Indian diplomatic missions yesterday, India’s Republic Day. A large proportion of the rallies attract student, academics and religious minorities - groups that have long been worried by Modi’s rise.
Even so, a significant chunk of Indians abroad remains die-hard Modi supporters who have staged their own rallies in favour of the law.Vijay Chauthaiwale, chief of the foreign affairs department of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party , said overall diaspora support was intact.. Some transient issue will not affect his popularity,” Chauthaiwale said.
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