By Dominic Savio Fernandes

(UCA News) — In recent years, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly reached out to the country’s Christian community. On several occasions, especially around Christmas, he has visited churches, hosted gatherings with Christian leaders, and publicly acknowledged Christians’ invaluable contributions to India’s social fabric through education, healthcare, and charitable service.

These gestures, broadcast live on national television and widely shared on social media, project an image of inclusivity and goodwill.

Yet, troublingly, these carefully choreographed outreach moments are often followed, sometimes even on the same day, by reports of attacks on Christian churches, prayer halls, convents, schools, and peaceful worship gatherings in different parts of the country.

What deepens the anguish is not only the recurrence of such incidents but also the apparent impunity with which they are carried out, frequently in the presence of law enforcement agencies that remain passive observers.

This disturbing contradiction has led many to ask an uncomfortable question: Is Prime Minister Modi increasingly appearing as a weak and helpless leader, unable or unwilling to exercise control over elements within his own ideological ecosystem?

According to data compiled by independent civil society organizations and human rights groups, incidents of harassment, disruption of prayer services, vandalism of religious........

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