"State-Sponsored Persecution" Of Christians: Trinamool Writes To Vatican
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"We wish to apprise you of this extremely serious issue in the state of Assam with an appeal to notify His Holiness Pontifex Maximus as well as The Holy See regarding this state-sponsored persecution of Christians," Trinamool's Saket Gokhale wrote
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress wrote to the Vatican today, alleging "state-sponsored persecution of Christians" in Assam. Party spokesman Saket Gokhale wrote to the Embassy of the Holy See of the Vatican, urging them to take note of an order seeking details about Assam churches and religious conversions. This, he wrote, amounts to "state-sponsored persecution" and asked them to raise the matter in appropriate diplomatic forums with the Centre.
NDTV has a copy of Mr Gokhale's letter to the Reverend Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India.
"Through this representation, we wish to apprise you of this extremely serious issue in the state of Assam with an appeal to notify His Holiness Pontifex Maximus as well as The Holy See regarding this state-sponsored persecution of Christians and to take up this issue in the relevant diplomatic forums with the Govt of India as you may deem fit," Mr Gokhale wrote.
The reference was to the recent order by the Assam Police, seeking information on the number of churches in the region along with details of people involved in religious conversion.
