India defends the CAA, asserting it's about granting citizenship, not taking it away, and emphasizes its internal matter. However, USCIRF contends that if the law were truly about protecting persecuted religious minorities, it would include Rohingya Muslims from Burma and others.

Congress leader Vijay Bhike filed a police complaint at Mapusa on Friday night against the organisers of Sunburn and AAP Goa chief Amit Palekar said the state government should take action against them for hurting "Sanatan Dharma".

In an interaction with the members of the community at his residence here on Christmas, Modi recalled his old, intimate, and warm relations with Christians, and said they have always been at the forefront of serving the poor and deprived.