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A month after defeating the BJP, the new INC-led state government announced plans to scrap the anti-conversion law imposed by Hindu nationalists. Similar legislation remains in force in nine Indian states. Archbishop Machado hopes “other states will also follow suit and scrap their laws.”
Archbishop Machado offered all-around assistance and said Bengaluru is an excellent place for education, and the Manipur youth could stay in free hostels and continue their education in the diocesan and religious educational institutions in Bengaluru.
A letter registers disappointment with the “lukewarm response” of senior Church leadership “to the increasing violence against Christians” especially since the rise to power of Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist BJP party.