Gujarat Govt submits report on attacks

A delegation comprising representatives from the National Council of Churches of India NCCI also called on the Governor this evening and handed over a memorandum demanding, among other things, full protection to the lives and property of Christians in the state and a stop forthwith to the anti-Christian propagandabeing unleashed by certain Hindu communal organisations and Gujarati dailies.

Bishop Vinodkumar Malaviya of the CNI church, Gujarat, said the Governor8217;s response to the delegation was positive and 8220;We are satisfied with the discussion we had with him.8221; The delegation comprised NCCI president Rajratnam, vice-president Oliver, general secretary I P Joseph, Bishop Vinod Peter, the moderator of the Church of North India, besides Bishop Malaviya and Bishop S Fernandes.

Bishop Malaviya said that after calling on the Governor, an eight-member team of the NCCI left for Ahwa, the district headquarters of the Dangs, to take stock of the situation there.