At least 14 trains have either been cancelled, short terminated or diverted anticipating disruptions due to the protests, Northeast Frontier Railway said.
At BJP parliamentary party meeting, Modi compares citizenship bill to his govt's Article 370 decision & says it will provide permanent relief to minorities.
In an open letter, they asked the govt not to betray the Constitution. The signatories included Romila Thapar, Yogendra Yadav, Nandita Das, Aparna Sen.
Responding to the USCIRF’s statement, VHP’s working president Alok Kumar congratulated Amit Shah on Lok Sabha passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill, and said India will stand resolute in helping persecuted refugees.
European Union Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto said the 28-nation bloc has also been pushing Pakistan to "fall in line" as far as state-sponsored terror funding is concerned.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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