Thrissur (Kerala), 24 December
A senior priest of the Orthodox Church of Kerala on Tuesday targeted the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their involvement in Christmas celebrations. They have cited for their displeasure the recent Christmas celebrations in a Kerala school by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists. This is the first time that a Prime Minister of the country has attended such a program at the headquarters of the Catholic Church in India.
Thrissur Diocese Metropolitan Yuhanon Mor Meletius of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Thrissur diocese metropolitan, Yuhanon Mor Meletius) on his social media handle this sharp criticism by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Catholic Bishops Conference of India in New Delhi. A day after attending the Christmas celebrations organized by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India – CBCI. “There bishops are honored and cradles are respected,” the priest said in a Facebook post. Cradles are broken here.”
It is noteworthy that local activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) allegedly disrupted Christmas celebrations in a school and in Palakkad district, unidentified miscreants demolished a symbolic cradle built by children in another school. Recently there were widespread protests in Kerala.
The state government has constituted a Special Police Team (SIT) to investigate the incidents. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the second largest coalition partner in the ruling LDF in the state, also strongly criticized the Prime Minister’s participation in the CBCI-organized Christmas event in New Delhi, calling it a “drama of political hypocrisy” by Modi. agreed
CPI state secretary Binoy Vishwam alleged in a statement that while the Prime Minister was speaking to cardinals and bishops in New Delhi about Jesus Christ and his love, on the other hand his ‘Sangh Bandhu’ was at Christmas celebrations in Kerala’s Nallepilli. were disrupting and desecrating religion. -News-Patiala