VHP accuses Churches of conspiring with Vatican to destabilize Government

New Delhi, June 8: The Vishwa Hindu Parisahd (VHP) on Thursday accused the Churches and their leaders of conspiring with the Vatican as “contract Killers” to destabilize the elected government and “prop up the puppet ones.”

VHP’s allegation came after the Delhi Archbishop Anil Cuoto gave a call for the nationwide prayer to elect a new government in 2019 that would respect the pluralism and diversity of the country and also save democracy.

Similar such concern was voiced by the Goa Archbishop Fr Filipe Neri Ferrao stirred up a debate by saying that the ‘Constitution of India was in danger’ and ‘most people are living in insecurity.

Responding to these allegations, VHP Jt. General Secretary Surendra Jain said that these two letters from two senior Archbishops make it amply clear that “churches in India are in collusion with the Vatican and are trying to destabilize the elected government and create an atmosphere of distrust against the present government.

“On the contrary, Constitution of India is in danger because of the attacking political stand of the church and its agenda of religious conversions,” he alleged.

“This is not the church’s view-point, but a conspiracy to install governments which can run on the directions of the Vatican. Like the award-wapsi gang, the church too is acting like a contract killer to destabilise the elected governments,” Jain claimed – referring to a group of artists and academicians returning government awards in protest of perceived intolerance.

He further said the Vatican not only denigrates the Hindus all over the world but also India as a nation and the Indian churches are acting as puppets in their hands.

“The same church remains a mute spectator when emergency was imposed in the country, Kashmiri Hindus were brutally killed in the valley and Sikhs were butchered in the 1984 riots. For the Church, these events do not put the Constitution in danger,” Jain argued.

“Why does the church behave in this fashion only when BJP-led government is in office,” he asked.

“A malicious campaign about attacks on churches was started by these people when Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister. When their falsehood was exposed, they did not show the courtesy of apologising for the same,” Jain added.

In a controversial letter addressed to all the churches in the national capital, the Archbishop of Delhi had last month said that there was a “turbulent political atmosphere” in the country which “threatens” democracy and secularism.

Archbishop Anil Couto, in his letter dated May 8, has also urged all the priests in Delhi to “pray for the country” ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha election, in which the BJP hopes to retain power.

“We are witnessing a turbulent political atmosphere which poses a threat to the democratic principles enshrined in our constitution and the secular fabric of our nation,” Archbishop Couto had said in his letter.

The letter had triggered a sharp response from the ruling BJP.