Tamil Nadu Congress General Secretary Lakshmi Ramachandran has asked public intellectuals, political analysts and politcal parties to rally up against BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai for his targetting of Christian Missionaries.
In a series of tweets, the Congress leader said that ‘religious conversion was controversial and much talked about’ back in the day and that nowadays Christian Missionaries are mostly engaged only in educational, medical, old age care and such service.
“Fake religious propagandists exist in all religions. Fake religious propagandists who engage in many activities like hoarding black money, doing illegal activities, doing business with religion, exploiting people’s ignorance and cheating are there in Christianity, Islam and Hindu religions.”, she said.
The Congress leader added that Annamalai’s continuous attacks on Christian missionaries and Christians can develop hatred and resentment.
தமிழக பாஜக தலைவர் அண்ணாமலை தொடர்ச்சியாக கிறிஸ்தவ மிஷனரிகள் மற்றும் கிறிஸ்தவர்களை தாக்குவதற்கு எதிராக அறிவுத் தளத்தில் இயங்கும் பொது கருத்தியலாளர்கள், அரசியல் ஆய்வாளர்கள், அரசியல் தலைவர்கள் ஆகியோர் அணித் திரண்டு எதிர்க்க வேண்டும். ஒரு சமூகத்தை தொடர்ந்து குறி வைத்துப் பேசுவது
— Lakshmi Ramachandran (@laksr_tn) October 30, 2022
Congress leader Lakshmi Ramachandran’s comments come in light of recent remarks made by BJP Tamil Nadu President Annamalai in an interview where he said that Tamil Nadu ADGP (Intelligence) Davidson Devasirvatham has links with Christian missionaries and is working with an agenda to promote his religion in south Tamil Nadu.
Annamalai said that after the DMK government came to power, an agenda has been given to fill posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police and above ranks with a particular community.
Earlier ahead of the Deepavali festival, he had mentioned about how Christian missionaries are targetting Hindu culture and festivals like Deepavali by lobbying against crackers.
Not many have the guts and honesty to openly take on the missionary mafia….
Annamali is fearless.. pic.twitter.com/boFQmr40IZ— Vishwatma 🇮🇳 (@HLKodo) October 22, 2022
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