By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Christian organization Poor Christian Liberation Movements (PCLM), on 3rd April, has alleged that the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been luring three crore Dalit Christians by promising them to give the status of Scheduled Caste for the last two and half decades, but it has never been honest to its commitments.
PCLM President R L Francis said, “The process of befooling Dalit Christians started during the tenure of former Prime Minister P.V Narsimha Rao in 1995 and this continued till Manmohan Singh led UPA government. They have completely turned blind eye to the problems of Dalit Christians, only showing lollypop to the deprived sections of Christian society, added Francis.
He further said, “Time has come for Dalit Christians to change its mindset and opt for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at this decisive moment, which will have far reaching implications for the Christian society as history has given them chance to rectify their error of supporting Congress. He alleged that majority of Dalit Christians don’t want caste label on them and their intention is to lead a respectful life in the society.
PCLM believes that the Church has ample resources, and Church & government should strive to provide partnership in private and government sector in the ratio of their population.” Francis condemned the efforts to promote casteism in Christianity saying that It’s a mockery of Jesus Christ’ sacrifice on the cross. Francis proposed to “prepare and preserve documents of various socio-economic losses and damages caused to the millions of Dalit Christians because of the absolute neglect, lethargy and gross carelessness of the Church authorities”.
Concluding, Francis expressed his belief that no society can move forward by supporting a single party and Dalit Christians should think about BJP as a strong alternative. He proclaimed that Congress is not going to form the next government and trusting Congress has not yielded results so far. Hence, there is no option but to give BJP a chance.