As many as 93 former civil servants have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what they say are recent increase in attacks on Christians in India.
Banded under the Constitutional Conduct Group, the retired bureaucrats urged Modi in an open letter to reassure Christians in the country that it will get equal and unbiased treatment from the administration.
“We are a group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services who have worked in the Central and State Governments during our careers. As a group, we have no affiliation with any political party but believe in impartiality, neutrality and share a commitment to the Constitution of India,” read the letter.
The bureaucrats said they write to the prime minister because they are “deeply perturbed” by the continued harassment, through speech and criminal action, of minority groups in the country by persons associated with your government, your party, organizations connected to it, and by mischief makers from amongst the public.
“While we are concerned about the hate crimes and speeches against all minorities, we write to you today about the steadily increasing ugly words and actions against a small religious minority, the Christians,” read the statement.
“Our Constitution clearly spells out that all citizens, irrespective of religion, are equal and have equal rights, but we are compelled to protest to you against the increasing incidents of outright discrimination against Christians occurring in recent times,” it added.
The letter pointed out that although some groups accuse Christians of indulging forcible religious conversion, the community share in the Indian popular has remained around 2.3 percent since 1951.
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