NEW DELHI, Feb. 26 -- Since 2014, Muslims and Christians in India have been facing considerable challenges in the form of hate speeches, exclusion, harassment and violence. The onslaught on these two communities by the Hindutva forces, with the overt and covert support of the state, has been increasing day by day. Attacks by right-wing groups on prayer gatherings, raids on Church-run child care centres and boarding houses run by government agencies, filing false cases, and arrest and incarceration of priests, nuns and lay people have become almost daily occurrences.

State policies and laws like the repressive anti-conversion laws and "Love Jihad" laws have been liberally used by the BJP governments and the Hindutva organisations to oppre...