January 25, 2019 Issue

Activists burn effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 8, after the country’s lower house of Parliament passed legislation that would grant citizenship to members of certain non-Muslim religious minorities. Ostensibly advanced to protect Hindus, Christians and Sikhs who have settled in the country, the measure has drawn criticism for excluding Muslims—a blatant move, they say, for Modi to grow his Hindu base before May’s general election. The bill now heads to the upper chamber, where it faces resistance from the opposition Congress party.