Urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi and central government not to infringe on the religious rights, whether it be majority or minority.
DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 3 (MExN): Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) on Saturday observed that the decision of the Narendra Modi’s government to observe December 25 as Good Governance Day may be a good move but with bad motive.
“What good is there when ‘Good Governance Day’ is set on December 25 hurting the sentiments of the Christian for whom the day is set to celebrate the birth of Jesus with worship and remembrance?,” the NBCC has questioned.
While applauding the Prime Minister and his government for being committed towards providing a transparent and accountable administration for the betterment and welfare of the common citizen, the NBCC, however, said the application of it on such an auspicious occasion is thoughtless and insensitive to certain group of people, particularly to the Christian minority in the country.
“With the day approaching, it has come back once again to hurt the sentiments of the minority Christians in India in general and the majority Christian society in Nagaland. NBCC feels this is a deliberate attempt to dilute the importance of the day. Unless, this is rectified it will go down in history as a discriminatory move against the religious minorities,” it stated.
The NBCC also maintained that ‘Good Governance Day’ is good but the intention to have it on December 25 is nothing short of following the Sangh’s policies to suppress the religious minorities in a secular India.
It therefore lamented that ‘Good Governance Day’ on December 25 will go down in the history of Christianity in India that there is always a “Caesar in every turn of history to destroy the faith of the Christians.”
“Today, the Government has played with the sentiments of the 24 million plus Christians in the country, what will be next? Peace and harmony of the country should be the utmost priority and responsibility of any progressive government but such instances that disturbs people’s mindset will only undermine the nation’s secular fabric. It will also amount to the establishment of the tyranny of the majority, whereby the majority places its own interests above, and at the expense and to the detriment of, those in the minority.”
The NBCC has therefore urged upon the central government to stay away from creating division by following certain religious pressure and keep the country free from communal feeling and insecurity; but press on with her program without infringing on the religious rights, whether it be majority or minority.
