EU lawmakers: India's CAA to create largest statelessness crisis in world Condemns violence, brutality of Indian law enforcement agencies.

The European Union Parliament has drafted a resolution in which it expressed concerns over the controversial Indian citizenship act saying: 'CAA [Citizenship Amendment Act] amendments are set to create the largest statelessness crisis in the world.'

The EU lawmakers have heaped scorn on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for enacting 'fundamentally discriminatory' law in a five-page resolution to be tabled during the plenary session of the EU Parliament starting in Brussels next week.

The draft resolution condemned the violence and 'systematic brutality' of the Indian law enforcement agencies against the protesters.

'[The] CAA has sparked massive protests against its implementation, with 27 reported deaths, 175 people being injured and thousands of arrests,' according to the official document.

The lawmakers also mentioned the incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus in New Delhi which was attacked by a masked mob that injured over 20 students and teachers from the varsity.

'[The] CAA sets a dangerous precedent and represents an intensification of the Government's Hindu nationalist agenda,' the document further read.

Massive protests have rocked India since legislation...

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