Govt. responsible

Sir,- The brutal attack on Catholic religious workers last week in Ujjain and Thane made distressing reading. The fascist cadres made no secret of their complicity in this attack by stating that it was in response to the killing of four of their men by tribal militants in Tripura two years ago. Why this retaliation after a lapse of two years?

For the last one month, the Union Home Ministry has been claiming that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act will be made more stringent because the Church is abetting the militants in the north-east with foreign funds. Linking this ``official'' allegation with their own logic, the fascist cadres have now struck against the Church workers.

The Home Ministry must own responsibility for this sudden spurt in attack. If the Ministry has evidence of alleged abetting of militants through foreign funds by the Church, it must present its findings to Parliament which is in session now before going to the press. The Church will never shy away from owning responsibility if the allegation is even remotely true.

Ebe Sunder Raj,

Chennai

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