time to maintain peace unity and brotherhood and joining me now is south asia director of human rights watch menard she done really really angry prime minister more the has appealed for calm in the midst of these violent protests do you think the extent of the opposition has caught the government by surprise. i do hope that. the prime minister now recognizes that there is public opinion against this and that he does the right thing. in diverse in these policies in a democracy it's very important for for an elected leader he protests. are making this about politics but do you think that these protests that we're seeing across the country represent the large majority view on the citizenship amendment. it is hard to test that the question the question really is that there has been. a very significant number of voices students who are out on the streets. the government has made a difference in lux on this issue initially it was all about trying to control immigration which of course is a is also a problematic because it is immigration trying to control immigration based on religion but the bigger conce