Sudarshan calls for Federation of Swadeshi churches

Sudarshan calls for Federation of Swadeshi churches
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NAGPUR, MAR 26: Building up on his controversial suggestion for Indianisation of churches in the country, RSS Chief K Sudarshan today urged Christian intellectuals to set up a ‘Federation of Swadeshi Churches’.

Releasing a book “The Indian Church”, Sudarshan here said the Christian intellectuals in the country should initiate the process by discussing the shape of such a federation.

Reiterating his concept of ‘swadeshi church’, the RSS chief said churches should have no foreign links or financial transactions with them and their management and properties should be solely under the control of Indian devotees.

Stating that he was not the first to raise the issue, he said his predecessors like Guru Golvalkar and Balasaheb Deoras too had expressed similar sentiments in the past.

Calling upon Christians to join the mainstream, Sudarshan accused church leaders of discriminating against Dalit Christians in providing employment to them in institutions run by missionaries. “When Christianity believes in equality, why not give priority to Dalit Christians in their own institutions instead of asking the government?” he asked.