Demonstrators burn copies of Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, during a protest in New Delhi, India, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Hindu nationalist government on Wednesday won parliamentary approval for a far-reaching citizenship law that critics say undermines the country's secular constitution by excluding Muslims.
Violence broke out in the ethnically diverse northeast while parliament debated the bill, as protesters against the legislation clashed with police.
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