Modi refuses to back down over India's contentious citizenship law

Protests continue over what critics decry as a threat to secular values

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Students demonstrate against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Kolkata, India on Dec. 24. Protests have intensified amid claims of police brutality in different parts of the country. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India's controversial new citizenship law is not likely to be rolled back by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite ongoing protests against what critics claim is the law's anti-Muslim tone.

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