Around 350 churches and worship places belonging to Adivasi Christians and Dalit Christians were destroyed by the Sangh Parivar in 2008 in Kandhamal in Odisha. Over 6,500 houses were destroyed and looted. 56,000 people were displaced from Kandhamal. Over 40 women were raped, molested or abused. Over 90 people were killed. The Adivasi Christians and Dalit Christians in Kandhamal are still struggling for proper compensation and justice. Nobody is so far convicted for destroying the churAround 350 churches and worship places belonging to Adivasi Christians and Dalit Christians were destroyed by the Sangh Parivar in 2008 in Kandhamal in Odisha. Over 6,500 houses were destroyed and looted. 56,000 people were displaced from Kandhamal. Over 40 women were raped, molested or abused. Over 90 people were killed. The Adivasi Christians and Dalit Christians in Kandhamal are still struggling for proper compensation and justice. Nobody is so far convicted for destroying the churches in Kandhamal. This was the biggest attack on Christianity during the last 300 years. But many of the upper caste church leaders in Kerala as well in other parts pretend that nothing has happened. Is it because the victims and survivors are Adivasi Christians and Dalit Christians? After this, especially during the Modi rule, several churches in different parts of the country were attacked. Christians in Chattisgarh were torn from their dignity during the Ghar Wapasi campaign of the Sangh Parivar. In March this year, a church in Kunnamkulam, Kerala was also attacked. However, some of the church leaders in Kerala are very keen to support BJP. Don’t these church leaders have any shame left? It is the moral responsibility every sensitive Christian who believes in the freedom of faith enshrined in the Indian Constitution, to expose such leaders. Condemn them in the name of protecting the secular constitution of India as well as for the protection of the survival of minority Christians in India
http://m.ucanindia.in/news/bjp-may-tie-up-with-church-in-kerala:-report-30732.html <http://m.ucanindia.in/> - International <http://m.ucanindia.in/international-6.html> - National <http://m.ucanindia.in/national-5.html> - States <http://m.ucanindia.in/states-12.html> Top Stories - - - [image: Share on facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://m.ucanindia.in/news/bjp-may-tie-up-with-church-in-kerala:-report-30732.html&t=BJP%20may%20tie%20up%20with%20Church%20in%20Kerala:%20report> BJP may tie up with Church in Kerala: report8:56 AM, November 20, 2015 India(Kerala):The party had made a similar move prior to the Lok Sabha elections and this had to a certain extent reflected in the performance of some of its candidates too. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be looking for ties with different denominations of the Christian community in the run up to the next state elections in Kerala, says a report in the Hindu daily quoting sources. The move gains significance in the wake of the tough stance adopted by the powerful Hindu group of Nair Service Society (NSS) towards the party’s attempt to build bridges with its leadership, the Hindu said. Also, the strategic alliance with another politically interested Hindu group, the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, had yielded only a lackluster performance in the local bodies’ elections. Being taken up at the behest of the national leadership, the initiative is expected to be reciprocated warmly by the Christian community since it would ensure protection from violence triggered by Hindu fringe groups as had happened in the northern and eastern States, the report said. The BJP national leadership is reported to be keen on replicating here the model it claims to have successfully experimented in Goa, where the party had won the confidence of the Christian community to access power. The party had made a similar move prior to the Lok Sabha elections and this had to a certain extent reflected in the performance of some of its candidates too. Making a dent in the Muslim vote bank in north Kerala is a very tall challenge for the party. The Christian community, sources said, were more accessible and entreaties for mutual support could elicit a positive response, the report said. A direct interaction with the powerful Church leadership is being considered as a wise option for making inroads into the bipolar politics of the State. The recent win in the local bodies’ elections in a number of panchayats and municipalities in Ernakulam, Kottayam and Alappuzha districts has galvanised such moves. The party has already made symbiotic regional alliances with the Kerala Congress(M) in some local bodies. Source: The Hindu <http://m.ucanindia.in/news/%22http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/bjp-may-tie-up-with-church/article7894479.ece%22> - Features <http://m.ucanindia.in/features-1.html> - Opinion <http://m.ucanindia.in/columns-11.html> - Profiles <http://m.ucanindia.in/profiles-3.html> Back to Home <http://m.ucanindia.in/> *Mobile site* | Desktop site <http://www.ucanindia.in/> Text size A A About us <http://m.ucanindia.in/page/about-cathnewsindia-1.html> Contact us <http://m.ucanindia.in/news/bjp-may-tie-up-with-church-in-kerala:-report-30732.html#> Terms & conditions <http://m.ucanindia.in/page/about-terms-and-conditions-2.html> Privacy policy <http://m.ucanindia.in/page/privacy-policy-3.html> � Ucan India 2015. All rights reserved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
