The act favors Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi refugees who fled the religious persecution of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh but excludes Muslims and other beliefs.
This act livens up the religious and ethnic divisions, since a person’s citizenship cannot be determined by his/her religious affiliation, according to criticism launched by progressive sectors in India.
Until Wednesday night, the victims count remained at 27, but seven more deaths were recorded on Thursday in three hospitals, totaling 34, an official from the Delhi Department of Health said.
More than 200 people have been so far injured during the violence recently broken out, the Press Trust of India reported.
Right-wing mobs attacked sites where people have been protesting the discriminatory and divisive Citizens Amendment Act (CAA). Right-wing groups burn vehicles, hit people and shout offensive slogans against Muslims.
Peaceful protests occur in India against CAA, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register, which many fear will reduce the hundreds of millions of Muslims living in India as second-class citizens.
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