Indian Christians protest against 'anti-Muslim' law

Protest organisers say the new legislation is 'divisive'. FMTNews

Indians, mostly Christians, protest against the new citizenship law in Kolkata.

Hindu-majority India has been gripped by widespread street demonstrations that have sometimes turned deadly, with the march in West Bengal state’s capital Kolkata believed to be one of the biggest rallies by Christians. One of the protest organisers, Herod Mullick from the Bangiya Christiya Pariseba, said the new legislation was “divisive”.

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