By Our Reporter India has remained tense for weeks due to a controversial amendment to a law that was recently passed in India. The Citizenship Act has sparked deadly protests across India, in which 20 people have already been killed. The people, mostly the Moslems have taken to the streets stating that the new law was discriminatory, and was against democratic values. On December 11, India's Parliament passed an amendment to its Citizenship Act of 1955, which sets out guidelines for becoming a citizen in the country. The 2019 revision added a religious element, providing a pathway to citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities who fled the neighbouring majority-Muslim countries Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. The amended act has been slammed by critics as anti-Islam, and they say it further marginalises India's Muslim minority. Violent protests have erupted across the country in response, resulting in the deaths of several people. The most recent changes to the Citizenship Act, often referred to locally as CAB or CAA, were passed by India's lower house of Parliament — the Lok Sabha — on December 10, before being cleared by the upper house of Parliament — the Rajya Sabha — a day later. The bill was signed into law by President Ram Nath Kovind. The Citizenship Act has spurred thousands of people from human-rights groups, universities, and religious groups to come out in protest this month.