Indian Christians Applaud Results of Parliamentary Elections

Last weekend's Parliamentary elections in India resulted in the Indian National Congress, leading a secular alliance, winning the largest number of seats. (Wall Street Journal analysis). (Official results.) According to UCAN, Christian groups are elated. The All India Christian Council applauded the electorate's "consummate and decisive" rejection of divisive and sectarian political forces. Christians had feared that that National Democratic Alliance, led by the pro-Hindu BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), would win. BJP is the political arm of right wing Hindu groups that want to create a Hindu theocracy in India.