Amid the state BJP's preparations for the coming Assembly polls in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met party leaders and exhorted them to fight the crucial election on his government's development plank.
Kerala BJP president K Surendran has said ‘love jihad (interfaith marriage)’ has become a worrisome trend in the state and claimed that even Christian leaders have raised concerns about forced conversions.
Updated Jan 31, 2021 | 09:09 IST
The Kerala BJP unit is looking to bridge a stronger alliance with various Christian denominations and the talks are on at various levels ahead of the assembly polls. BJP flag | Photo Credit: IANS
Key Highlights
One of the major demands of the various churches and their representatives during the meetings was to end the discrepancy in the minority reservation ration in the state
The church heads also requested the Prime Minister to look into the issue forceful conversion in the guise of marriage
Prime Minister had assured that the government will look into the issues
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP in Kerala has decided to work closely with the various Christian communities and church denominations, and thus ending all the ambiguities regarding the various issues pertaining to the community with the saffron party and thus signalling the party’s secular outreach ahead of the crucial assembly elections in April.
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