BJP anti-Christian party, trying to enter state through ‘backdoor’: Congress

The Congress Friday accused the BJP of being an anti-Christian party, saying the saffron party was trying to enter Christian-dominated Mizoram “through back door” after the November 28 elections in the state. Christians constitute around 87 percent of the population of Mizoram, according to the 2011 Census.
Mizoram is the only state in the northeast where the Congress is in power.
“The BJP is against minorities and the Christians… The party has brought intolerance and hatred against Christians and other minorities,” Congress general secretary Luizinho Faleiro told reporters here.
He asked why did the BJP choose to observe Good Governance Day on December 25, when it seeks to celebrate the next Christmas in Mizoram under its rule.
The senior Congress leader was referring to BJP president Amit Shah’s statement in a rally here last month that he “was reassured that the next Christmas Mizoram celebrates will be a Christmas under a BJP government.”

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