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`Sangh Parivar behind attack on church'

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI FEB. 18. Major Christian organisations, including the All-India Christian Council, the All-India Catholic Union, and the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind have accused the Sangh Parivar of being responsible for Sunday's attack on a church in Mysore.

Condemning the attack, the All-India Christian Council president, Joseph D'Souza, and the Secretary-General, John Dayal, said four attacks on Christian workers had taken place in U.P. and the Government had been apprised of it.

"The Sangh Parivar has no inclination of shedding its communal agenda, as is clear from the developments in Uttar Pradesh. Its utter contempt for the law of the land and for civil society is all too apparent,'' they said in a statement.

The council leaders said the attack was a "naked aggression" by the Sangh Parivar. "They have learnt nothing from their so-called dialogue, some rounds of which were held in Karnataka, with leaders of the Christian community.''

The All-India Catholic Union (AICU) expressed "deep distress'' over the disruption of holy mass by hooligans "who shouted anti-Christian slogans as the police looked on''.

The statement quoted the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind general secretary, Maulana Mahmood Madni, as saying in a "statement of solidarity" to the Council that the attack ``seems to have been a well-planned campaign to terrorise the minorities and is part of the Sangh Parivar's long-term strategy''.

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