He famous the presence of Islamist components in demonstrations led by Church leaders and the laity in a number of places, together with Kannur, Thalassery, Kozhikode, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Mananthavady, Angamaly and Ernakulam.
“I talked to the senior-most prelate in Kerala on Monday. He seemed not to be concerned about the presence of radical Islamists among the demonstrators,” he added.
Requested to adduce proof to again his fees, Mr. George requested mediapersons to contact the State police intelligence or mine their sources within the localities.
Mr. George alleged that the SDPI’s gambit was to make use of the arrest of the nuns as a foil for alienating Christians from the BJP. The SDPI and Jamaat-e-Islami’s techniques had the tacit backing of the Congress and Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)].
He accused the ruling entrance and the Opposition of looking for to frustrate the efforts of the BJP governments on the Centre and Chhattisgarh to safe an early launch for the nuns.
“Both the Congress and the CPI(M) wanted the nuns to remain in jail to ensure that the emotive issue festers and retards the BJP’s bourgeoning acceptance among Christians in Kerala,” he added.
Mr. George mentioned the Vatican Council in 1964 had dominated in opposition to compelled conversion. “In contrast, if Tipu Sultan’s expeditionary forays had not halted at Kodungalloor 200 years ago, Kerala’s social matrix would have been different,” he added.
Mr. George attacked the Congress and CPI(M) for looking for the help of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Individuals’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) respectively through the current byelection within the Nilambur Meeting constituency. He mentioned the BJP was with “patriotic Muslims,” who, he acknowledged, had been within the majority.
BJP chief S. Suresh, who can also be a State vice-president, mentioned the social gathering wouldn’t enable political adversaries to single out State president Rajiv Chandrasekhar for criticism.
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