Source: Mission Network News, January 6, 2021
Seven years ago, Hindu leader Rajeshwar Singh made a controversial promise to rid India of its Muslim and Christian populations [by the end of 2021]. Party officials soon forced Singh out of the public eye, but videos of his [speech] resurfaced in 2019—the same year Prime Minister Narendra Modi gained a second term in office.
Attacks on Christians have risen annually since 2014 when Hindu nationalists first came to power under Prime Minister Modi and the BJP (see our coverage). As the countdown to December 31 begins, Christians brace for a challenging year.
“There is a group called the RSS, a Hindu nationalist group [that is] very militant. The RSS has been able to flex its muscle under the BJP government,” John Pudaite of Bibles For The World explains.
“They’ve stated on the national media that they intend to make India free of Christians and Muslims by December 31, 2021. They want to make India entirely Hindu.”
Even if this deadline is extended to 2024, as a national worker reports, a clear threat remains.
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