Left Democratic Front (LDF) MPs from Kerala will seek an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to flag the arrest of two Keralite nuns on “questionable charges” of forced conversion and human trafficking at the Durg railway station in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Chhattisgarh on July 25.
National president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, A.A. Rahim, MP, who is in Chhattisgarh as part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) delegation, which met the incarcerated nuns – Vandana Francis and Preeta Mary – of the order of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) at the Durg central prison on Wednesday (July 30, 2025), told The Hindu that the MPs would demand the early release of the nuns and quashing of the “fake charges foisted” on them by the local law enforcement at the behest of Bajrang Dal activists.
Kerala nuns arrest: Durg court disposes of bail plea citing lack of jurisdiction
Mr. Rahim said the move to secure early bail for the nuns appears to be an uphill task.
He said that a trial court in Durg recused itself from considering the sisters’ bail plea, stating the Bench lacked jurisdiction in the case.
