PROTESTS against an anti-Muslim new citizenship law raged Saturday as Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India following days of violent clashes that have killed two people so far.

Many in the northeast fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to large numbers of immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh, whom they accuse of stealing jobs and diluting the region’s cultural identity.

Several thousand protesters rallied in the capital New Delhi late Saturday to urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to revoke the law.

“People are not gathered here as Hindus, or Muslims, people are gathered here as citizens of India. We reject this bill that has been brought by the Modi government and we want that equal treatment as is enshrined in our constitution,” said protester Amit Baruah, 55, a journalist.

Protests turned violent in West Bengal state, with at least 20 buses and parts of two railway stations set on fire as demonstrators blocked roads and set fire to tires. Tensions also simmered in Guwahati in Assam state, the epicenter of the unrest, where medical staff said two people were shot dead and 26 hospitalized late Thursday after security forces fired live rounds.

Anticipating further unrest, authorities extended an Internet ban across Assam until today. Most shops were shut and anxious residents stocked up on supplies Saturday.

The Citizenship Amendment Act allows for the fast-tracking of applications from religious minorities including Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, but not Muslims.

Samujjal Bhattacharya from the All Assam Students Union, which has been at the forefront of the protests, said the group would continue its fight against the new law “in the streets and in the court.”

Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe postponed a summit that was reportedly due to be held in Guwahati from yesterday, and the United States and Britain warned their nationals to “exercise caution” if traveling to the wider northeast region.

(SD-Agencies)