Expressing concern over the raging violence in Manipur, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has urged the Union government to show the initiative to bring the situation under control.
Addressing the mediapersons here on Friday, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III, head of the orthodox church, said there was a clear lapse from the part of the Centre in taking control of the situation. The silence maintained by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the developments in Manipur had indeed been shocking.
“We are not sure if the clash between two ethnicities can be regarded as religious persecution. But at the same time, the Christians in Manipur are the one particular community to suffer most from from this raging clash,” the Catholicos noted.
