for nearly two months now this street
protest in Delhi led by mostly Muslim
women has come to represent the biggest
opposition to the Indian government in
years the issue a new citizenship law
that makes religion a test for granting
citizenship in secular India the ruling
BJP party of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi says the protesters are
anti-national elements only the BJP can
protect Indians from and that's become
the party's running cry for elections
for a new local government in Delhi
campaigning has reached fever pitch in
the Indian capital and the gender sing
vodka is doing his bit to win a seat for
the Hindu nationalist BJP his campaign
theme song says it all
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like the rise of nationalism in India
Baga will rise to he is especially
concerned about a month from sit-in in
Delhi against an amended citizenship law
the law makes religion a test of
citizenship for the first time and
protesters say its exclusion of Muslims
is discriminatory and unconstitutional
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they are seeing freakish near they're
insulting human symbols they're chanting
that they want freedom from him the
Shaheen Bach protest was a den of
traitors they are bribing people to
increase the crowds of protesters senior
BJP leaders have called the protests
malicious disruptive and anti national
are urging Delhi to express their anger
against the sittin by voting for the BJP
one BJP parliamentarian even led crowds
to chant shoot the traitors these after
that controversial speech a teenager
shot at protesters at a university city
in the days to follow two more men shot
fire alarms at Tata sites after the
soxhlet go clip question why the BJP
politician wasn't charged for inciting
violence he decided to test Authority he
sought permission to hold a rally to
chant shoot the traitors the Delhi
police rejected his application calling
it a threat to law and order now go clay
is going to court if he can't use the
slogan under the right to free speech
why can a politician Coakley says the
answer is simple he pays for the BJP yes
in this campaign of head hurts them
radicalize people see today unemployment
is at an all-time high the BJP has a
huge number of untapped people out there
who are frustrated who are angry who
don't have jobs because of economic
mismanagement about the government how
do you channel all the anger inside
these people as do you give them a bogie
you give them something to hate and for
the BJP that's Muslims the protesters
are unfazed
their motto has become flowers not
bullets for an event titled artists
against communalism musicians poets and
actors from across the country have been
pouring into the forum for the
protestors it's sort of like the end
game you know if you don't if you don't
fight right now if we don't voice our
opinions and our thoughts right now
we're not going to there's no way ahead
of it if you if you're against what is
going on right now you have to be here
that's that's the least you can do as a
human during this campaign these
protestors have been called many things
sellouts traitors even suicide bombers
in time they say they will be recognized
for what they really are freedom
fighters