The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala on Thursday (July 31, 2025) appeared to scramble to mend bridges with Church leaders after the arrest of two Keralite nuns in Chhattisgarh on “questionable charges” of forced conversion and human trafficking threatened to strain relations and undermine the party’s ambitious outreach to the electorally significant Christian community ahead of the local body polls later this year and the Assembly elections in 2026.
BJP State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar will likely reach Kochi late on Thursday to apprise top prelates of the attempts taken by the party in conjunction with its counterparts in New Delhi and Chhattisgarh to secure the early release of the reportedly ailing nuns, both senior citizens.
