Congress Accuses RSS of Spreading ‘Anti-Christian’ Narrative
Congress accuses RSS of spreading hatred against Christians.
The Congress party launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing the Hindu nationalist group of promoting an "anti-Christian stance" through a controversial article published in its Malayalam magazine, Kesari. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal condemned the piece, alleging it aims to "spread hatred in society" and portray Christians as enemies of the nation under the pretext of criticizing religious conversions. The Congress leader demanded to know whether the BJP, closely aligned with the RSS, would disavow the article’s divisive rhetoric.
Venugopal described the RSS’s purported goodwill toward Christians as "as fake as the blue fox of fable," accusing the Sangh Parivar of habitually targeting minorities. “The RSS, which has become accustomed to spewing venom against minorities, is declaring through the article that it will continue its practice until its last breath,” he said in a statement. He pointed to the article’s timing, following the recent arrest and release of two Catholic nuns from Kerala in Chhattisgarh over allegations of religious conversion and human trafficking, as evidence of the RSS’s agenda to stoke communal tensions.
Published on September 12, the Kesari article, titled Aagola Mathaparivarthanathinte Nalvazhikal (The Timeline of Global Religious Conversion) and penned by E S Biju, state vice president of the RSS-affiliated Hindu Aikyavedi, criticizes the Christian community for alleged conversions in India. It claims political and religious leaders in Kerala exploited the nuns’ arrest to foster “religious and emotional conflict with a specific agenda.” The article further argues that the Indian Constitution is undermined by unequal justice for minority and majority communities, asserting that “if conversion is the right of religious forces, resistance against it is the right and duty of Hindus.” It calls for a constitutional amendment to ban religious conversions to “protect the entire population.”
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Venugopal highlighted the hypocrisy of BJP leaders, including the Chhattisgarh state chief, who posed for photos with the released nuns while the RSS pushed its anti-Christian narrative. He urged Kerala’s residents to remain vigilant against the Sangh Parivar’s “blind anti-minority sentiments.” The Congress’s strong response underscores rising tensions between the opposition and the RSS-BJP ecosystem, with the article reigniting debates over religious freedom and communal harmony in India. As the controversy grows, it raises questions about the BJP’s stance on its ideological parent’s rhetoric and the potential impact on Kerala’s diverse social fabric.
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