Church sending clear warning to Congress, say political observers

Express News Service
KOCHI: The opinion expressed by the Syro-Malabar Church’s Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese lays naked the considerations of the Christian neighborhood on the rising affect of the Muslim League within the UDF and buttresses Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s assertion that the Congress has surrendered itself to the League, stated political analysts. They are of the view that the Church is adopting a strain tactic for securing their pursuits even because it retains all three choices open because the state heads for the meeting elections in 4 months’ time.

The newest editorial in ‘Sathyadeepam’ weekly, the official mouthpiece of the archdiocese, didn’t spare a punch to the Congress-led UDF for the overwhelming affect of the League within the entrance’s political affairs. “It’s very difficult to read the Church’s exact political stand from the article. But one thing is clear: the situation is tough for the Congress which enjoyed the Church’s support traditionally and historically,” stated Sebastian Paul, political observer and former MP.

Paul stated the Church is highlighting the financial angle because the article has identified the disproportionate allocation of minority funds within the ratio of 80:20 to the Muslim neighborhood. J Prabhash, political analyst, nevertheless, identified that the Church has not modified its att i t u d e t owa r d s t h e Left. “Though LDF has changed its stance towards the Church, the latter is continuing the same stand it has taken since 1959, during the Liberation Struggle (Vimochana Samaram),” he stated.

According to him, LDF has adopted a method of appeasing all communities and thereby successful the elections. The Church is making use of strain by citing the direct intervention by the prime minister within the Jacobite- Orthodox feud. “With this, they have pointed out that there is an alternative to UDF and LDF, which is NDA,” Prabash stated.

“The Church has sent a clear message out to UDF through the editorial,” he stated. The editorial cautioned that the methods by which the assorted political fronts would deal with the political insecurity of the Christian minorities can be decisive within the upcoming meeting polls. “A change within the political stance of Christian communities besides Latin Catholics has occurred.

But, it’s untimely to say as to which entrance will profit from this shift. BJP leaders try to use the state of affairs. It’s for the primary time the prime minister has immediately intervened within the Church feud. A piece of the neighborhood is transferring in direction of BJP however one can’t say now that it’ll flip beneficial for the saffron occasion within the upcoming ballot,” stated Paul.

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Loud and clear The newest editorial in ‘Sathyadeepam’ weekly, the official mouthpiece of the archdiocese, didn’t spare a punch to the Congress-led UDF for the overwhelming affect of Indian Union Muslim League within the entrance’s political affairs

Political commentators imagine the Church is adopting a strain tactic to safe its pursuits even because it retains all three choices open because the state heads for the meeting elections in 4 months’ time

The editorial cautioned that methods by which numerous political fronts will deal with the political insecurity ofChristian minorities will show decisive within the upcoming meeting polls