New Delhi: A CPI(M) member in Lok Sabha today charged Sangh Parivar outfits like VHP with making a systematic attempt to create "terror" among Christian minorities in Orissa by calling a bandh on Christmas Day.

As BJP MPs stood up in protest, the member, Suresh Kurup, went on to demand that the Centre immediately intervene to ensure protection of the lives and properties of the Christians in Orissa.

"A systematic attempt is being made by the Sangh Parivar outfits like VHP to attack and terrorise the Christians. The attacks began on the eve of Christmas last year and these were followed by systematic attacks against the minorities in Kandhamal," Kurup said, while strongly condemning the moves.

When the BJP members continued their vociferous protest, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee adjourned the House for lunch.

Yesterday too, another CPI(M) member Hannan Mollah had raised the same matter saying "a big communal conspiracy is being hatched by communal organisations to bring parts of the country into the milieu of communal disturbances."

Mollah had asked the government to include communal attacks in the ambit of the new anti-terror laws.
Source : PTI