Christian Missionary Role In India - 5

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Conversion blues </b>
Indian express op-ed
This week’s editorial exults over the ‘‘landmark’’ Supreme Court judgement upholding the provisions of the United Khasi Jaintia Hills Autonomous District (Appointment and Succession of Chiefs and Headman) Act, which exclude persons belonging to the Christian faith from contesting elections to the post of Dolloi (headman) in Elaka Jowai in Meghalaya. Since the tribal custom is to appoint one headman who performs both administrative and religious functions, the apex court agreed with the High Court that a Christian could not be a dolloi since he cannot perform the religious functions of the community.

Although the SC does not conflate tribal with Hindu custom, the editorial hails the verdict as a <b>‘‘blow to conversion’’ and uses the occasion to slam Christian missionaries for ‘‘systematically trying to spread disaffection, confusion and anarchy in the tribal belt.’’ </b>
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