MP: Christian association meets state BJP chief over attacks

Alarmed by attacks on the Christian community and its places of worship in Madhya Pradesh in the last one year, a delegation of Rashtriya Isai Mahasangh (RIM) today met state BJP chief Nandkumar Singh Chauhan here and sought his help to prevent such incidents.
Father Anand Muttungal, a Catholic priest who led the delegation told Chauhan that as many as 19 attacks were reported in the media in the state since June 2014, apart from several other unreported minor attacks.
According to Muttungal, RIM state women cell convener Sheela Santiago told Chauhan that many Christians too had joined BJP under the party's ongoing enrolment drive, but such incidents would alienate the community from it.

The delegation handed over a memorandum and list of 19 major incidents since last June to Chauhan, Muttungal told PTI.
According to RIM, the latest of these incidents took place on Good Friday this year (April 3) when VHP and Bajrang Dal workers forcibly stopped a prayer meeting in Khargone district.