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UPDATE 3-India’s parliament passes citizenship law, protests flare

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UPDATE 3-India's parliament passes citizenship law, protests flareIndia’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. It is the third key election promise that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has delivered since he was re-elected in May, re-energising his nationalist, Hindu support base and drawing attention away from a slackening economy. “The bill will take away our rights, language and culture with millions of Bangladeshis getting citizenship,” Gitimoni Dutta, a college student, said at a protest in Assam’s main city of Guwahati.

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