[...]
The government's new national agenda, prepared in
consultation with all coalition partners, drops many of the BJP's poll promises against
religious minorities and promises several progressive and developmental programs.
[...] He
noted that the new prime minister had sought to win over minorities by including three
Sikhs, two Muslims, one Christian and a tribal leader in his Cabinet in an effort to
represent all of the communities in the country.
[...]
The BJP had promised a temple to the Hindu god
Ram in northern India's Ayodhya, which Hindus consider Ram's birthplace. BJP-led Hindu
zealots tore down a mosque there in 1992 to spark Hindu-Muslim riots claiming 3,000 lives.
[...]
However, AICU secretary general Jos Chiramel
also said that Christians are disappointed in the government's failure to promise official
job quota benefits to Christians of low-caste origin.
The statement said Church groups would
continue to campaign for government economic and educational benefits for the country's
low-caste Christians.
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