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Mr. Speaker, Sir, I quote:

"Mr. Vajpayee’s remarks cast aspersions on the long history of social service by Christians and has brought in a cloud of insecurity for the minorities, in general, and Christian missionaries, in particular."The Prime Minister may applaud the RSS; it is his business. He found a lot of good things in the RSS. He felt pained that, "the RSS, when a few activists have been killed, never gets any mention in the country, and that only the Christians get a mention." How can the Prime Minister make such comments? (Interruptions) In today’s Hindustan Times, the Head of the Council of Christian Missionaries made a remark that, "We are upset with the comment of the Prime Minister which will give strength to those who are about to destroy the Churches and the Missionaries."

MR. SPEAKER: Are you authenticating the statement appeared in the papers because you are referring to one of the highest institutions of the country? Do you know as to what he had said and what had appeared in the papers?

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I quote … (Interruptions)

DR. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA (SOUTH DELHI): Where from are you quoting?

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : I am quoting from the Hindustan Times, the Hindu, the Indian Express and from all the national dailies of the country. Where else I can quote from? They can either term or declare all the dailies as anti-national.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take full responsibility of authenticating as to what the Prime Minister stated and what was reported in the newspapers. The news item appeared not in one newspaper but in all national dailies. … (Interruptions)

श्री मोहन रावले (मुम्बई दक्षिण मध्य) :सर, प्रधान मंत्री श्रीमती इन्दिरा गांधी ने कहा था कि मिशनरियों के लिए बाहर से पैसा आ रहा है …( व्यवधान)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : It was reported and I quote:

"He pointed out that while the work of Christian missionaries in the North-East came in for much praise from the media, the recent killings of four Sangh activists by terrorists in Tripura had hardly received a mention."He also said and I quote:
"There was a ‘conversion motive’ behind the welfare activities being carried out by some Christian missionaries in the country’s backward areas and it was ‘not proper’."MR. SPEAKER: Please conclude.
SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : Mr. Speaker, Sir, now I quote Mr. Vincent M. Concessao, who is the Chairman of the Northern Region Catholic Council. He said and I quote:
"The Prime Minister’s remarks will only encourage communal and extremist elements…"MR. SPEAKER: Please conclude. I have allowed you to speak. Please conclude now. This is ‘Zero Hour’, and you can mention a matter in two minutes.… (Interruptions)