Christians wary as pro-Hindu BJP forms govt in India’s Odisha

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Christians wary as pro-Hindu BJP forms govt in India’s Odisha
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The Christian community in an eastern Indian state has taken a cautious"wait and watch" approach after the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide in the state, where anti-Christian violence claimed around 100 lives over 15 years ago.Swedish cardinal urges Catholics to protect the unborn

The BJP won 78 seats in the 147-member Odisha State Assembly and secured 20 of the 21 parliamentary seats in the simultaneously held state and parliamentary elections. The results were declared on June 4. “The change of guard is a matter of concern for us Christians as our people have not yet fully recovered from the shock of the 2008 Kandhamal riot,” said Father Ajay Singh, a priest from theThe new chief minister Majhi is regarded as “a strong and firebrand tribal leader” from the mineral-rich Keonjhar district, which hit headlines in early 1999 for burning to death Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons.

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