‘Falsehood creating unrest’, Centre on plea alleging Christian persecution

New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there is no merit in a plea alleging increasing attacks on Christians in the country.
The government said such deceptive petitions are creating unrest in the country, and perhaps seeking to get assistance from outside the nation to meddle with the internal affairs of the country.
In a written response, the Ministry of Home Affairs said: “It is submitted that there appears to be some hidden oblique agenda in filing such deceptive petitions, creating unrest throughout the country and perhaps for getting assistance from outside the country to meddle with internal affairs of our nation.” Also Read SC to hear Unnao rape survivor’s plea seeking transfer of case to Delhi The ministry said the petitioner has resorted to falsehood and self-serving documents and also cited press reports, where Christian persecution is either false or wrongfully projected.
The MHA said: “It is submitted that on a preliminary ascertainment of truthfulness of the assertions as alleged in the petition, on the basis of inputs received, it is found that the petitioner has resorted to falsehood and some selective self-serving documents. The present affidavit seeks to point out the said inputs to this court.” The ministry said that incidents of minor disputes, where no religious/communal angle existed, had also been published in the self-serving reports as instances of violence against Christians.