Hardline Hindu groups disrupt Christmas mass in parts of India, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's core territory
Since PM Modi came to power in 2014, right-wing Hindu groups launched small-scale attacks on religious minorities.
The disruption of Christmas celebrations at the weekend and last week included the vandalising of a life-size statue of Jesus Christ at Ambala in Haryana, a northern state governed by Modi's nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ,It also reported activists burnt a model of Santa Claus and chanted slogans against Christmas celebrations and religious conversions on Saturday outside a church in Varanasi, Modi's parliamentary constituency and Hinduism's holiest city.
Elias Vaz, national vice-president of the All India Catholic Union, also condemned the latest incidents.
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