Students in India are at the forefront of a fight to save country's secular constitution
Six people have been killed in clashes with police over the weekend and student leaders fear the government is finding excuses to put down a non-violent movement as videos of police brutality make the rounds.
“There wasn’t a major blowback as initially feared. This has emboldened the government and it thinks it can contain any situation,” Routray adds. As student protests gained momentum, spreading across several parts of the country, Modi urged caution. Last week, the Indian parliament approved changes in a law that allows Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist and Parsi immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to apply for Indian citizenship.people, doesn’t cover Muslim refugees from Myanmar or the Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil community, reinforcing fears that the Modi government is undermining India’s status as a secular nation.
The NRC requires residents of the northeastern state to furnish documents of their ancestors to be enlisted as Indian citizens. Those who aren’t able to do so are struck off the register. Some of them are Hindus, who make up the support base of Modi’s BJP.
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