Author: Express news service
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: June 28, 2010
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sfi-a-gang-of-street-goons-says-church/639258/
India (CSI), the second largest Christian sect in the country after the Roman
Catholics, Sunday called the CPM's student wing Students Federation of India
(SFI) "a gang of street goons".
In a pastoral letter issued in protest against
the attack on the CSI-run CMS College in Kottayam, Bishop Thomas Samuel said
SFI, "a challenge to Christian humanity", should be banned "considering
its criminal culture".
SFI activists had vandalised the college two
weeks ago after its management declined to re-admit a student sacked last
year for indiscipline.
SFI president P Biju said the pastoral letter
was politically motivated. "Believers in CSI would recognise the vested
agenda of the Church leadership," he said.
