protest here today and what they're planning to do is to march to the residence of the home minister ahmed shah he is seen as the architect of what critics say the government's anti muslim policies including the citizenship amendment act that new legislation he has been critical of what he says bengali refugees and migrants he calls them and for to infiltrators and to my it's we have to be expelled so we are expecting a big protest today but we're also expecting that to not be allowed folly because the police have imposed a bad now on no more than 4 people are allowed to gather so we'll see what will happen we know that police are preparing to detail anyone who tries to go a pasta certain point what's been the government response so far on is any sign that it might be backtracking. saudi they are not they don't look like they're going to backtrack on the slow i mean this is a government and a prime minister who has an image of never backing down but what's interesting fall is that this law is very closely linked the government itself has linked it to something called the national register of ci

is particularly contentious because many a patent to macho to the president of the home minister ahmed shah he is seen as the most powerful person in the end they don't want all of the prime minister himself and he's also seeing things as the haka tech to what critics say. the government's anti muslim policies he has spoken in favor not just of the citizenship amendment act but he's often referred to beg all the migrants especially if they're muslim by britons as infiltrators as termites who have to be expelled so this is something that we're watching very closely that's what's happening that have been elsewhere in the country more very big protests planned we saw huge numbers yesterday the same plan today a mom to long session to begin in the city of chandigarh and protest elsewhere. and it's not just about muslims i mean there are all the people up and down the country who are feeling pushed to the edges potentially of citizenship of their right to stay in the country short of. this piece and in fact this citizenship amendment act is very close to the mic to something called the national

particularly contentious because many of having to march to be president of the whole minister ahmed shah he is seen as the most powerful person in the government other than the prime minister himself and he's also saying he's as the architect of what critics say. the government's anti muslim policies the united nations secretary-general is calling for an immediate truce in northern syria government forces are pushing deeper into the last rebel stronghold of italy dozens of civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in recent weeks and in another part of northern syria at least 8 civilians have been killed by a car bomb that happened inside look at turkish backbiters kurdish forces in october there's been no claim of responsibility china's premier says the leaders of japan and south korea have agreed to cooperate with north korea they've gathered at a summit in the city of chengdu it is a rare agreement between so and tokyo after months of deteriorating relations between the e.u. has more now from the chinese capital beijing also revealed as i mentioned that they want to c

look like the government is going to think that it's a sick decision because the home minister ahmed shah has made this a prestige issue and that also they're also planning. was not the majority of the opposition until the next weeks in the indian parliament so does not look like the government 2 is in a mood to. do that to others but need another protest all across the country are they just because bobbie the john now coming forward this kind of stance with the student groups and. that is that in the next couple of days raju magennis based in mumbai thank you very much for talking to us and. thank you. turning up the u.k. british. prime minister barnes johnson's bland to take the u.k. on to say you've been union on january the 31st given johnson's decisive election victory last week the bills widely expected to pass on johnson has made a few changes to the agreement this is a look at some of the key points. after becoming prime minister boris johnson successfully lobbied for changes to the withdrawal agreement laying out the thames for britain's departure from the european union parliame

look like the government is going to think that it's a sick decision because the home minister ahmed shah has made this a prestige issue and that also they're also planning to reinforce and not the majority of the opposition until the next weeks are indeed other bits it does not look like the government is in a mood to go to the top this but oh i don't need to know the distance all across the country are they just because bobbie the john now coming forward artist understands that if the when the student groups and our intentions can only escalate in the next couple of days donna you magennis based in mumbai thank you very much for talking to us on d.w. thank you. jan into the u.k. we have british hill because of voting today on prime minister bars johnson's plan to take the u.k. out of the european union but on the 21st a 31st of january the eve of the draw a veil is widely expected to pass off to last weeks that election give johnson's 2 bags of conservatives a decisive majority in parliament this have paved the way for johnson to deliver on his pledge to get big done more than 3 us afte

not look like the government is going to take that it's a sick decision because the home minister ahmed shah has made the suppressed. and then also they're also planning to force another majority didn't build just as the opposition controlled but in the next 3 weeks are indeed all events or does not look like the government 2 is in a mood to take 2 to the top this but oh i don't need another protest in the country are they just because obviously john now coming forward just understands that even though we're just going to groups and our intentions can only escalate in the next couple of days donahue magennis based in mumbai thank you very much for talking to us and. thank you. british filmmakers that you vote today on prime minister barnes johnson's plan to take the u.k. out of the european union on the 31st of january the e.u. would join bill is widely expected to pass after last week's that the next and gave boris johnson spoke of banks and conservatives a decisive majority in bonn and then this would pave the way for johnson to deliver on his pledge to get drinks and done more than 3 yard

policy i mean the the union home minister ahmed shah said this in april and i'm quoting 1st we will bring citizenship amendment bill and we will get citizenship to the hindu buddhist a sikh and christian refugees the religious minorities from the neighboring nations then we will implement the n.r.c. to flush out the infiltrators from our country who is he talking about here. you know he's talking of all the very large number more than 20000000 illegal immigrants who have who are not facing any of their life but who are mostly come across the border borrowed from bangladesh in eastern india if you know the india bangladesh border is more than 4100 kilometers long and the kind of carry there is it can't all be policed so there are lots of people have come in for economic opportunities and you know it would be solved in steam to reserve the right to limit immigration i mean india is a poor country under the mill of the country and so we can have $20000000.00 or more undocumented people who are pouring in changing the demographic balance you just mentioned in your report you know in the north

strong victory ali good discourse between the opposition and the government of the interior minister ahmed shah who said this law is not going to go away it's here to stay well we'll see in times for that so that says a hill rahman there reporting live from new delhi well let's say with this city chandra is assistant professor of government at georgetown university and joins us on skype from kolkata good to have you with us on the program we heard from the hill that the government is perhaps caught off guard. by the numbers of protests but surely they weren't courts of guard by the the scale of opposition to this law do you think it's a rush this through or that this was a deliberate tactic from the governments. i don't think they. come from on but. they're not just. number of decisions including one man walking around temple in new york here which was built and now is going to be rebuilt or built on the site of parades march so i think the series of steps of the government of the act and since it was reelected in me but the complete majority are and i don't think they really take the position