Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were taken aback by the backlash, some party members told Reuters. Outrage at the citizenship law has been fanned by resentment against the government for following a majoritarian agenda instead of addressing an economic slowdown and loss of jobs. Then came the citizenship law. It said the gloves were off between secular India and Modi’s hardline Hindu agenda. “The ruling party’s strategy to make India a Hindu-first nation has backfired.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune December 25, 2019 16:30 UTC