Followers of religions apart from Hinduism aren’t secure in so-called secular India from extremist Hindutva teams allegedly backed by the Bharatiya Janata Get together authorities. Latest incidents throughout completely different components of India, the place Hindutva teams focused Christmas celebrations, clearly present this.
In Chhattisgarh, police mentioned an extremist Hindutva operatives vandalized Christmas decorations and Santa Claus figures at a shopping center in Raipur, on Saturday.
Movies circulating on social media present round 100 individuals allegedly entered the mall and carried out the assault whereas elevating slogans that they didn’t need Santa Claus.
One other incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, when members of Hindu organizations recited the Hanuman Chalisa, a Hindu prayer, exterior a Christian church on Saturday night time.
The incident occurred within the presence of cops, who have been seen recording the gathering on their cell phones. There was no fast try by the police to disperse the group.
The latest incidents have renewed consideration on earlier circumstances. In July, two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Preti Mary and Vandana Francis have been detained by activists of the extremist Bajrang Dal at Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh on allegations of non secular conversion. They have been later handed over to the police and arrested.
Protests have additionally adopted different incidents in latest weeks, together with the alleged assault of a visually impaired girl in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, over accusations of non secular conversion.
An area BJP chief, Anju Bhargava, has been named in reference to the incident. Individually, an extremist Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) employee disrupted a kids’s Christmas carol occasion in Palakkad, Kerala.
Christian church buildings have condemned the incidents and expressed robust protest. The Catholic Bishops’ Convention of India (CBCI) mentioned the assaults have been stunning and that Christmas celebrations within the nation have been happening below the shadow of worry.
The CBCI demanded the expulsion of Anju Bhargava from the BJP and fast motion in opposition to organizations concerned in such acts of violence.
