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Chhattisgarh Youth Forum to stage mass protest over unresolved attacks on Christians in Bijapur
The Chhattisgarh Youth Forum (Chhattisgarh Yuva Manch), led by politician Narendra Bhawani, has announced its decision to organised a protest on 23 September 2024, at the Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP) office. As per Bhawani, this action is in response to the failure of authorities to arrest the culprits responsible for a violent attack on Christians in the village of Kosalnar, Bijapur district, nearly a month ago.
The said attack occurred on 23 August 2024, and was allegedly carried out by a mob incited by local Party leaders and individuals associated with the some religoius organisations. According to Bhawani, Christians in Kosalnar were brutally beaten by the mob, forcing many of them to flee the village. He said in a statement issued on 16 September 2024 that “the Christians were mercilessly beaten up after an attacking mob, led by political leaders and people associated with the other organisations, attacked them in the village of Kosalnar”. Bhawani asserted that the attack was illegal and unconstitutional, yet arrests had been made so far.
As per the statement by the Forum, the violence created such an environment of fear in the Christian community that many have left their homes and are yet to return, seeking refuge in the nearby villages. “Many people had to leave their homes, and even now, some have not returned to the village, are living in nearby villages to save their lives,” Bhawani said. He expressed shock that, despite written complaints and official reports filed with the authorities, almost a month after the incident, no legal actions or arrests had been made.
Bhawani further elaborated the details of the assault in his statement on 16 September. He said that Christians of Kosalnar were attacked because of their faith. The area comes under the Barsur Police Station in Bijapur. Members of the BJP and RSS allegedly incited the local people against the Christians which resulted in the violence against them. “Party workers and Religious organisation affiliates, when they reached Kosalnar, not only hurled abuses but also threatened to kill the Christians, warning them that they would not be permitted to harvest their crops unless they renounced their Christian faith,” Bhawani explained.
Bhawani claims that the local Christian community approached the proper authorities and filed formal complaints, naming the perpetrators. Yet, up until now, no action has been taken by the law enforcement officials indicating a breakdown in law and order. Bhawani has been vocal on his attack on the BJP-led government by saying it has failed in the level of governing and constitutional rights to its citizens. “This is the state of justice in our so-called free India, where even the constitutional right to religious freedom is being denied,” he said.
Reacting to this, Bhawani and the Chhattisgarh Youth Forum have decided to lead a mass protest at the office of the Superintendent of Police at Dantewada on September 23. Bhawani made it clear that unless arrests are made by that date, protests will become more aggressive. “If no action is taken by September 23, the SP office in Dantewada will be surrounded by thousands, and arrests will be demanded,” he said. He also stated that if nothing is done by the local authorities, the protest will approach the doorsteps of the Divisional Commissioner’s office and eventually to the Home Minister’s residence in Raipur.
Along with the violence, Bhawani also pointed out the threats made to the Christians by the village secretary and sarpanch. According to Bhawani, they warned the Christians that they would not let them harvest their crops. He also demanded actions against them since making such threats violates the very law and the Constitution.
Sources:christiansworldnews
India — A teacher working in a village government school in India’s southern state of Telangana was suspended for allegedly packing Bibles in Christmas gift boxes and distributing them in the school.
The teacher, Gali Pullaiah, had distributed about 100 Christmas gift boxes containing assorted items, including stationery, water bottles, a small copy of the New Testament, and a card containing printed Christmas and New Year greetings.
Pullaiah had received these gift boxes from a Christian organization for distribution in the school. Pullaiah claimed he had taken due permission from the school head before the distribution.
When children took the gift boxes to their homes, their parents discovered the Bibles. Parents then complained to members of the Hindu nationalist political party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who quickly complained to the district educational authorities and the police.
The BJP workers then stormed into the school, detained the teacher, and filed a police complaint against him. They also pressured school authorities to press false charges against Pullaiah, stating he distributed the boxes without authorization. Students were also forced to return the gift boxes.
The moderate-leaning Indian National Congress party currently rules the state of Telangana. The Telangana government has also officially granted permission to Christians in many regions of the state to publicly celebrate Christmas.
Despite this, Hindu nationalists in many places are violently opposing Christians who are exercising their constitutional rights under Article 25 to practice, propagate, and practice a religion of their choice without causing public and moral nuisance.
Most government schools celebrate all local religious festivals and follow numerous traditions related to Hinduism, but Hindutva ideologues take prompt umbrage to any signs of propagation of religions like Christianity and Islam in both public and private educational institutions.
Pastor Nagireddy, who hails from the same village as Pullaiah, told an International Christian staffer that the teacher’s relatives were monitoring him to get him in trouble for his Christian faith. This incident moved Pullaiah’s relatives to get revenge on him.
The district education officer, meanwhile, conducted an inquiry and placed Pullaiah on suspension.
Sources:persecution
India — The United Christian Forum (UCF) has called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to establish a national-level inquiry to stem the alarming rise in incidents of violence against Christians in India.
In a Dec. 20 press release, A. C. Michael, UCF national coordinator and former member of the Delhi Minorities Commission, said a secretary-level official should lead the inquiry to investigate the persecution of Christians in India.
Modi leads a coalition government in which the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with Hindu has a majority and has ruled the country since 2014. The UCF report states that there has been an exponential increase in the number of incidents from 127 in 2014 to an all-time high of 745 incidents of violence against Christians by the end of November 2024.
These figures are derived from complaints received on the UCF toll-free helpline set up in January 2015 amid a disturbing surge in violence against Christians in India.
“Many other incidents may have occurred that were not reported through our hotline and, therefore, are not included in the total number,” the UCF stated.
According to the UCF, the helpline service was designed to help those in distress, offering guidance on how to approach public authorities and secure legal remedies in the face of escalating persecution.
UCF also stated that, once again, no data on attacks on Christians and churches in the northeast state of Manipur has been included.
“Last year, the tragic violence, bloodshed, and the demolition of over 200 churches in Manipur were also not reflected in the UCF figures,” UCF stated.
Sectarian violence has been raging in Manipur since May 2023, with Kuki and Meitei tribals fighting against each other in gun battles and the destruction of religious places, especially those belonging to Christians.
Meanwhile, the Christian forum lamented that a petition filed with the Supreme Court, demanding strict action against anti-Christian vigilante groups engaged in violence against Christians in India, has not been heard again since the initial hearings in 2022.
Sources:persecution
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1) മതപരിവര്ത്തന നിരോധന നിയമത്തിന്റെ പേരില് ക്രൈസ്തവര്ക്കുനേരെ നടക്കുന്ന അക്രമങ്ങള് അവസാനിപ്പിക്കണം.ഓ
2)സംസ്ഥാനങ്ഹളില് ഈ നിയമം പാസാക്കി യഥാര്ത്ഥ മതസ്വാതന്ത്യത്തിനു വേണ്ടി കരുണയോടുള്ള സമൂപനം നടത്താന് ഈ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളോഓട് നിര്ദ്ദേശിക്കണം.
3) ക്രിസ്ത്യന് സ്ഥാപനങ്ങള്ക്കു നേരെയുള്ള അക്രമണങ്ങള് അവസാനിപ്പിക്കണം.
4്)മണിപ്പൂരിലെ പ്രശ്നങ്ങള് പരിഹരിക്കണം.പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി അവിടം സന്ദര്ശിക്കണം..
5)ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികളിലെ പട്ടികജാതി-വര്ഗ വിഭാഗങ്ങള്ക്ക് ഭരണഘടനാലുസൃത സംവരണം അനുവദിക്കണം.
Sources:onlinegoodnews
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