India protests rage over 'anti-Muslim' law

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and her party supporters attending a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India on MOnday (Dec 16). - Reuters

NEW DELHI: Fresh protests rocked India on Monday (Dec 16) as anger grew over new citizenship legislation slammed as anti-Muslim, after six people died in the northeast and up to 200 were injured in New Delhi.

The law fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslims from three neighbouring countries. Critics say it is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist agenda to marginalise the 200-million strong Islamic minority.