HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Over one hundred thousand
protesters, many carrying the Indian tricolour flag, took part in a peaceful march in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, chanting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new citizenship law.
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The protest, dubbed the ‘Million March’, was organized by an umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organizations.
More than 40 percent of Hyderabad's estimated population of nearly 7 million are Muslims.