"Alas, what has been electoral nectar for the BJP is political poison for India," the story says. "By undermining the secular principles of the constitution, Mr Modi’s latest initiatives threaten to do damage to India’s democracy that could last for decades. They are also likely to lead to bloodshed."

A separate piece says Modi has "taken his gloves off" after winning the Lok Sabha election in May 2019. "Yet even if Mr Modi and Mr Shah do get their way, and if India’s Supreme Court overlooks the plainly contentious aspects of the CAA, the costs of the citizenship row to Mr Modi and his country are high. From a financial perspective, the outlays would be prohibitive even if India’s economy had not slowed in the past year to its lowest level of growth in four decades."

The piece, which says Modi has "united a broad coalition against him", also has this helpful graph.