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Publication: Crusadewatch.org
Date: April 11, 2006
URL: http://www.crusadewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=395&Itemid=95
BJP condemns Christian preaching at Tirumala
BJP condemns Christian preaching at Tirumala
United News of India Hyderabad, April 10, 2006 Andhra Pradesh unit of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the alleged preaching by
Christian missionaries at Tirumala. In a statement, the party general secretary
K Lakshman claimed the government ignored BJP's complaints that the missionaries
were trying to build a church at Tirumala. The party's suspicion was confirmed
when some youth were caught preaching Christianity at the abode of Lord Sri
Venkateswara and later let off by the police, he alleged. Stating the episode
disturbed the entire Hindu community, Dr Lakshman had alleged conversions
had received a shot in the arm after YS Rajasekhara Reddy became the Chief
Minister. When the BJP Yuva Morcha workers staged a dharna at the office of
the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, police arrested them instead of arresting
one Bala Raju and others who, he claimed, were responsible for the conversions.
He had demanded the arrest of those responsible for trying for conversions
in the temple town.
