Why BJP doesn't need to become Bharatiya Jesus Party in north east India

Despite Congress playing the Christian card, BJP could make massive inroads in Meghalaya

Not long ago, when retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Congress leader H T Sangliana was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he had vowed to transform BJP into Bharatiya Jesus Party to increase its footprint in India’s north east. “I had coined it as a political slogan,” says Sangliana. “Political slogans are well, political slogans. Although I haven’t been in touch with politics in the region for some time, this slogan could well turn out to be true. There have been increased instances of violence against Christians in India over the last few years” Sangliana told Business