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NEW DELHI: Congress connected Wednesday powerfully criticised the BJP pursuing the apprehension of a Christian clergyman and 11 others successful Nagpur, Maharashtra, during a Christmas supplication meeting, accusing the enactment of pursuing a “hate-filled docket of spiritual bigotry.
” The Maharashtra Police arrested 12 individuals, including Father Sudhir, a Malayali clergyman of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, Nagpur Mission, and his woman Jasmine, aft a ailment allegedly filed by Bajrang Dal activists. The arrests reportedly took spot astir 8.00 p.m. during a Christmas supplication gathering successful Nagpur. According to the leaders, radical who aboriginal went to the constabulary presumption to enquire astir the incidental were besides taken into custody, and cases were registered against them.Congress MP KC Venugopal successful an authoritative station connected X described the incidental arsenic “highly condemnable” and alleged that the apprehension showed the BJP "uses the authorities machinery to harass Christians nether the bogus pretense of spiritual conversions."Venugopal said increasing polarisation had made beingness “unlivable for each minorities” successful BJP-ruled states. He demanded that the FIR against the clergyman beryllium withdrawn instantly and called for strict enactment against what helium described arsenic “Bajrang Dal goons,” whose alleged “hooliganism” led to what helium termed a “frivolous case.”
He said, “Those who instrumentality instrumentality into their ain hands and destruct the secular cloth envisioned successful our Constitution indispensable beryllium the ones receiving punishment - not guiltless citizens.”Kerala Assembly Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan besides condemned the arrests and sought urgent involution from the Centre and the Maharashtra government. In a station connected X, helium tagged PM Modi and Maharashtra main curate Devendra Fadnavis, demanding the merchandise of each those arrested.In his letter, Satheesan wrote, “I constitute this missive to registry my beardown protestation and to question your urgent involution regarding the apprehension of 12 persons, including a Malayali priest, successful Nagpur connected allegations of forced spiritual conversion.”
He added that Father Sudhir is simply a autochthonal of Amaravila successful Thiruvananthapuram territory and has been serving successful Maharashtra for the past 5 years, portion the remaining 10 arrested individuals are natives of Maharashtra.Satheesan said each the arrested persons are presently being detained astatine the Benoda Police Station and are apt to beryllium produced earlier a tribunal shortly. He noted that CSI representatives attempted to unafraid bail astatine the constabulary presumption but were directed to attack the court. Describing the incidental arsenic alarming, helium said, “This incidental is profoundly disturbing and raises superior concerns astir the usurpation of the cardinal rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India, peculiarly the state to profess, practice, and propagate religion. Arresting individuals for conducting a peaceful supplication gathering is unconstitutional and contrary to the tone of our antiauthoritarian and secular values.
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