Symbolic city council resolution addressing tensions in India arrives at vote, after months of negotiation and pushback

A proposed resolution, from Ald. Maria Hadden, has sparked intense debate within the city’s South Asian community after she introduced it in the Chicago City Council last summer. While Hadden said it was meant to condemn violence against certain castes and religious minorities in India, its opponents say the proposal needlessly sows division within Chicago’s Indian American community.

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