The youth-led mass movement against the twin citizenship projects of the BJP has pitched students against the police, with lethal consequences. ADADThe epicenter of the most recent turmoil is Jamia Millia Islamia University, a Muslim minority central university and my alma mater. In the east of India, where there are more than 200 indigenous tribes, the citizenship law is reviled for allowing migrants in at all, whether Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist. A series of tweets by Modi sought to assure Indian citizens that they would be unscathed by the new citizenship law. The Internet was also shut down in the north Indian university campus of Aligarh as students began demonstrating.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2019 02:37 UTC