Mother Teresa’s Missionary of Charity (MoC) has been mired in controversy with West Bengal government and Center attacking each other over Charity’s recent bank accounts ‘freeze’ .

Criticizing the ruling Bharatiya Janata party government, Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Wednesday stressed that the Centre’s refusal to renew the Commerce Ministry’s license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) “reveals prejudices and prejudices against Christian charity work.

He added: “After the Muslims, the Christians are the new target of the Hindutva brigade. “

In the case of MoC, this reveals prejudices and prejudices against Christian charitable work.

After the Muslims, the Christians are the new target of the Hindutva brigade.

– P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 29, 2021

The problem was reported on social media with a tweet from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who announced that the Center had frozen all bank accounts, leaving more than 20,000 poor people without food or treatment.

The Interior Ministry quickly, in a statement, clarified that the central authorities had not frozen the accounts and reiterated that the association had written to the State Bank of India to request the suspension of the accounts.

Following the controversy over the renewal of Charity’s license, Father Dominic Gomes, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, denounced government agencies saying the move was a “cruel Christmas present for the poorest of between the poor “.

Gomes said: “By freezing the bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity … government agencies have given a cruel Christmas present to the poorest of the poor … The Sisters and Brothers of the Missionaries of Charity are often the only friends. lepers and those excluded from society. we will even venture nearby … this latest attack on the Christian community and its social influence is, even more, a despicable attack on the poorest of the poor of India. We condemn the government’s action. “

While it is not clear what “unfavorable inputs” the government cited while refusing to renew the Ministry of Culture’s license, India simultaneously sees growing intolerance and violence against the community.

On Christmas Eve, members of right-wing groups set fire to an effigy of Santa Claus, shouting “Santa Claus murdabad”. The incident took place in the open, in the middle of the street in Agra.

One of the instigators of the incident said that Santa Claus did not bring any gifts for the children but that his only motive was to convert Hindus into Christians.

In the same state, a group of right-wing men, carrying saffron flags, demonstrated outside the Matridham ashram. The incident was reported before a Christmas event and as they protested they were heard shouting “Jai Shri Ram”. They also shouted: “Dharmantran band karo” (stop conversion), “Church murdabad” (death in church).

Speaking to local media, Father Anand, an ashram priest, said this was a clear indication of the threats facing the minority community at the present time. He added that the constant and widespread allegation of forced conversions from Hindus to Christianity is leading to growing anti-Christian hysteria sweeping the country.

“Every Sunday is a day of terror and trauma for Christians, especially those who belong to these small churches,” he said.

On Christmas Eve, a group of right-wing members of a Hindu vigilante group broke into a school in Pataudi in Haryana and shouted “Jai Shri Ram”.

The group allegedly claimed that the celebration of Christmas songs and dances as well as the teachings of the Bible were used for “a religious conversion in the costume of the celebration of Christmas”. They alleged that the mission school “was brainwashing children through dramas and speeches to accept Christianity.”

On Boxing Day, a statue of Jesus was demolished in the same condition as the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Ambala has been vandalized.

In Kurukshetra, a group of people took to the stage at a Christmas celebration and started playing the Hanuman Chalisa over the speakers. Video of the same went viral.

In recent times, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has addressed the issue of alleged forced conversions under the Congressional regime, aggravated by rallies and several protests. Reacting to the allegations, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said such things were happening under previous BJP regimes.

Bagel said, “The BJP no longer has problems like the problems of farmers, cows or tribes. They only have problems of religious conversion. I had said that the greatest number of churches were built during the tenure of the BJP government.

In December, the BJP-led government of Karnataka passed the “anti-conversion” law. The law’s provisions against “illegal conversions” have been used in other states to target Christian pastors. This year alone, Karnataka has witnessed 39 Christian hate crimes, according to international media.

A report by the organization Persecution Relief said that crimes against Christians increased by 60% between 2016 and 2019.

Another report titled “Christians under attack in India,” released in October this year, pointed out that more than 300 crimes against Christianity were reported in 21 states, particularly in northern India, during the nine months of this year. .

The report was released by the Association of Protection Civil Rights, United Christian Forum and United against Hate at a press conference.