Kerala: BJP-Church Relationship Improves, But Will it Impact the Assembly Elections?
Since the Christian community in the state has its own political groups, each one closely allied with traditional political fronts, the BJP may still find it difficult to make any significant electoral gains.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mar George Cardinal Alencherry (Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church), Cardinal Oswald Gracias, (Archbishop of Bombay and President of CBCI), and His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis (Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church). Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi
Religion25/Jan/2021
Kozhikode: With assembly elections due soon in Kerala, it appears that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to improve its relationship with the church. The stateâs church leaders recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a series of issues, even as news media reports suggested that the saffron party may field more Christian candidates in