Candles spell out "No CAA" during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) grants Indian nationality to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India due to religious persecution from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014.
