Modi-Abe summit postponed amid protests over citizenship bill

Bangladeshi minister also cancels visit as tensions in northeast India escalate

20191213 India Citizenship Protest

Student activists hang effigies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Home Minister Amit Shah, left during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Gauhati, India, on Dec. 9.  © AP

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- Massive protests in India's northeast against a controversial citizenship bill have forced Japan and India to postpone a summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart, Shinzo Abe, scheduled for Dec. 15-17. 

Separately, Bangladesh Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen canceled his Dec. 12-14 visit to India amid concerns over the ongoing situation in the country, even though the Indian government said the Muslim-majority neighbor's decision was taken due to changes in "his program on account of domestic issues."

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