Kerala vs Chhattisgarh: Nun arrests expose how BJP deals with two kinds of Christians

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Op-ed

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The Indian Express

Abstract

The arrest of two Catholic nuns from Kerala in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh on charges of forced conversion has triggered political uproar and exposed the BJP’s divergent postures toward Christians. What appears to be a contradiction in BJP’s stance between Kerala and Chhattisgarh is, in fact, a regionally calibrated ideological posture. The BJP’s relationship with Christianity is shaped less by theology than by whether Christians reinforce or disrupt dominant caste and class arrangements.

Year

7-31-2025

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