The November edition of Catholicasabha, the mouthpiece of the Thrissur Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, has come down heavily on the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BJP’s likely Lok Sabha candidate in Thrissur, Suresh Gopi, for their “apathy” in handling the Manipur riots.
In a front-page article headlined ‘Will not forget Manipur’, the archdiocese, which is an influential religious body in central Kerala, said the people who believe in democracy can understand the meaning of the Prime Minister’s silence on the Manipur issue.
“As the Lok Sabha elections are nearing, there is an effort to hide the Manipur issue. The political party, which aspires to come to power at the Centre once again, is taking efforts for this,” begins the article.
