FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against a new citizenship law in Mumbai, India, December 28, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of Indians are set to ring in the New Year by holding protests against a citizenship law, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempts to dampen demonstrations that have run for nearly three weeks.
India has been rocked by the protests since Dec. 12, when the government passed legislation easing the way for non-Muslim minorities from the neighbouring Muslim-majority nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to gain Indian citizenship.
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