The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) has appealed to President Pratibha Patil to reject the Somasekhara report which gave a clean chit to the government and police accused of anti-Christian violence in Karnataka.
In a letter to the president on Feb. 7, the GCIC also urged her to counsel the national political parties to uphold the Constitution of India to preserve united India, where the minorities can be safe.
“We fear that the Karnataka Government is likely to use the anti-minority and biased report to curtail the religious freedom and minority rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India,” the letter stated.
It said that the primary objective of the commission is to identify the ways and means to help the victims of brutal attacks.
“The GCIC appeals you to advise the Karnataka State Government to reject Justice B.K. Somasekhara Commission’s biased and distorted report,” it added.
It also appealed to the president to ask the state government to order a probe by the centre into the anti-Christian attacks.
The council also demanded compensation, relief and rehabilitation to the affected Christians.
The one-man Justice Somasekhara Commission had on Jan. 28 submitted its report on the anti-Christian violence in Karnataka in 2008.
The report said that the government and its police were not responsible for the violence.
Source: http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/02/08/gcic-appeals-to-president-to-reject-somasekhara-report/
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