that this is kind of state sponsored or state influenced in any way? i what i will say is that the state i has been silent and if that means that they condone it, - then that s what it means. they certainly have been very rarely condemning these acts. these have been steadily happening for quite some time. in one state alone, there have been 40 such attacks - on christians in 2021 alone. so, overand above, there is this spate of legislation in the ruling party, l bjp run states, such as the one you mentioned haryana and others, - where these legislations, - so called anti conversion laws, are aimed at christians.
as a tool of conversion. hostility towards muslim indians has become depressingly routine in the country s public life. congress, the main opposition party which supposedly believes and stands for a non sectarian democracy, is too enfeebled to raise much protest. can you give us examples of the sort of things indian christians are having to endure at the moment, and is there any indication that this is kind of state sponsored or state influenced in any way? what i will say is that the state has been silent, and if that means . that they condone it, then that s what it means. they certainly have been veryl rarely condemning these acts. these have been steadily - happening for quite some time. in one state alone, there have been 40 such attacks - on christians in 2021 alone. so, overand above, there
on christians in 2021 alone. so, overand above, there is this spate of legislation| in the ruling party, i bjp run states such as haryana that you mentioned, madhya pradesh, uttar pradeshj and karnataka, where these legislations l so called anti conversion laws are aimed at christians. - in other words, it s- a matter of containment, it s a matter of intimidation, and that s exactly what is going on. there s been this spewing of hate and intolerance i by the ruling bjp, i with narendra modi, unfortunately, being. the fountainhead of this kind of sentiment. and this has not only affected muslims, but it has also - affected christians. indeed, it affects - liberal hindus, socially
become depressingly routine in the country s public life. congress, the main opposition party which supposedly believes and stands for a non sectarian democracy, is too enfeebled to raise much protest. can you give us examples of the sort of things indian christians are having to endure at the moment, and is there any indication that this is kind of state sponsored or state influenced in any way? i what i will say is that the state i has been silent and if that means that they condone it, - then that s what it means. they certainly have been very rarely condemning these acts. these have been steadily happening for quite some time. in one state alone, there have been 40 such attacks - on christians in 2021 alone. so, overand above, there is this spate of legislation in the ruling party, bjp run states, such as the one