Rising People’s Party (RPP) has strongly condemned use of Nagaland House at New Delhi for alleged religious propaganda and political party activities.
Referring to reports that RSS-backed Bharatiya Christian Manch organised a pre-Christmas programme at Nagaland House, New Delhi on December 16, the party asked the State government to clarify on the issue.
In a release, the party pointed out that, barring official functions of the State government, Nagaland House in any part of India was not permitted to allow political party activities within its premises and said such activities were highly condemnable.
RSS leader Indresh Kumar had reportedly passed some controversial remarks on conversion, provoking angry reaction from United Christian Forum, an umbrella body of Christian organisations that monitors human rights violation against Christians in India.
Observing that the programme seemed to have been a propaganda meeting propagating a political agenda, RPP pointed out that the controversial programme made headlines in most national dailies.
The party said the avoidable controversy had soiled the image of Nagaland, for which it held the State government solely responsible.
RPP wanted to know who authorised the use of Nagaland House for hosting the politically-inclined pre-Christmas celebration and who were the State co-organisers of the programme. It said the State government was expected to issue a clarification on the issue.
Given the ramifications, the party demanded that the State government should apologise to the people of the State and immediately issue a notification debarring such activities in Nagaland Houses in the future.