New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu Council) on June 6 accused churches in India of conspiring with the Vatican as “contract killers to destabilize elected governments” and prop up the “puppet” ones.
The reaction came after Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman wrote a letter to churches two three days earlier saying that the Indian Constitution is in danger and most people are living in insecurity.
On May 8, Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi had urged him people to pray for the nation that was facing turbulent atmosphere.
Reacting sharply to these letters, VHP Joint General Secretary Surendra Jain said it is now amply clear that the “churches in India are in collusion with the Vatican and are trying to create an atmosphere of distrust against the present government.”
“On the contrary, Constitution of India is in danger because of the attacking political stand of the church and its agenda of religious conversions,” he alleged.
“This is not the church’s view-point, but a conspiracy to install governments which can run on the directions of the Vatican. Like the award-wapsi gang, the church too is acting like a contract killer to destabilise the elected governments,” Jain claimed – referring to a group of artists and academicians returning government awards in protest of perceived intolerance.
He further said the Vatican not only denigrates the Hindus all over the world but also India as a nation and the Indian churches are acting as puppets in their hands.
“The same church remains a mute spectator when emergency was imposed in the country, Kashmiri Hindus were brutally killed in the valley and Sikhs were butchered in the 1984 riots. For the Church, these events do not put the Constitution in danger,” Jain argued.
“Why does the church behave in this fashion only when BJP-led government is in office?” he asked.
“A malicious campaign about attacks on churches was started by these people when Modiji took over as Prime Minister. When their falsehood was exposed, they did not show the courtesy of apologizing for the same,” Jain added.
(The Times of India)