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Shah, the leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, said in a speech in Kolkata that the party would give "Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Christian settlers" citizenship.

Indian home minister promises non-Muslim citizenship bill →

Critics of the BJP say the ruling party has rejected the NRC because they thought many more than 2 million people would be excluded.

India's contentious citizen register attacked from all sides →