Chief Minister of Nagaland State Assures Support to Christian Victims of Persecution
"…the people of Nagaland were thankful to the Christian missionaries who transformed Nagaland from a head-hunting community to one of the most literate communities of India."
(Nagaland, India)—Mr. Neiphiu Rio, the Chief Minister of Nagaland State in India, along with Christian MP's, has assured their support to Christian victims of persecution in a recent meeting with National President of Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), Dr. Sajan George.
According to news carried by GCIC on their website www.persecution.in, the meeting was organized in order to familiarize the newly elected members of Parliament with the current situation of Christians in India and their needs.
The news source reported that the Chief Minister and the MPs gave an assurance of their whole-hearted support in getting justice for victims of persecution. They were deeply hurt by the inaction of the authorities concerned in extending timely help to the 50,000 displaced victims of persecution and martyrs' widows in Kandhamal communal attack in Orissa state last year.
According to the website the Chief Minister of Nagaland said that "the people of Nagaland were thankful to the Christian missionaries who transformed Nagaland from a head-hunting community to one of the most literate communities of India."
"The North Eastern community wishes that the progress that was achieved through Christian missionaries in Nagaland could spread all over India and take us to the ranks of being a superpower in the world," he added.
