Nagaland Polls : BJP and Congress offer free trip to Jerusalem for Christians
In the poll bound Christian dominated state Nagaland both BJP and Congress have offered a trip to Jerusalem to Naga electorates if voted to power.
It was first the Hindu right wing party, which promised to take the elderly people to Holy Land every year if voted to power. The Congress, which is not likely to form the next government, has also promised trip to Jerusalem to woo Naga voters.
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The BJP’s offer comes close on the heels of the Congress announcing a subsidy for the trip to Jerusalem. The Congress, battling for revival in the frontier state, in its manifesto stated, “By an Act of the state government, a Board will be established to facilitate minorities to visit the Holy Land at a subsidised cost.”
The BJP, which has entered into an alliance with the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, is contesting 20 seats, but facing stiff opposition from Christian organisations.
The Holy Land package is also believed to be an outcome of the warning issued by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council to voters against Hindutva forces.
In an open letter, the council said, “We cannot deny that the Hindutva movement in the country has become strong and invasive in the past few years with the BJP, the political wing of the RSS, in power.”
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