Indian Diocese Foils Bid to Install Hindu Deity Idol in College
10 September 2024 | UCA News
An Indian prelate says his diocese has foiled an attempt by the student wing of the country's ruling party to install a Hindu deity’s statue in a Church-run college with police help.
Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (All India Students’ Council), affiliated to the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, insisted on installing Lord Ganesh’s statue at St. Mary’s P.G. College in Sagar diocese, in Madhya Pradesh state on Sept. 7 — the birthday of the elephant-headed deity…