General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has said that the bail received by the two Keralite nuns, who were held in judicial remand in Chhattisgarh on “fake allegations” of human trafficking and forced conversion, should not be misconstrued as the result of any external intervention.
The court granted them bail after understanding the facts of the case. It was not due to assistance from anyone, as some falsely claim, he added.
Mr. Sivankutty was inaugurating a civic reception organised in honour of Catholicos Mor Baselios Joseph I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, at the St. Peter’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Cathedral here on Sunday.
While reiterating the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s unwavering support to the Jacobite Church for all just causes, the Minister assured that instances of religious persecution would never occur in Kerala. “No community, including Christians, will be subjected to such harassment here. But, how many other States in the country can claim to uphold such liberty for believers of various faiths? It is time people realise this reality.”
‘Christians persecuted all over’
