Assam Polls 2021: NBCC expresses resentment over UCF for dragging it into politics

OUR CORRESPONDENT

KOKRAJHAR: The National Boro Christian Council (NBCC) has expressed its displeasure at the United Christian Forum of BTR (UCF) which extended support to the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) in the upcoming assembly elections of Assam.

Rev Dr. Arjun Basumatary, president, NBCC, Kokrajhar, stated that some could think that the NBCC was part of this new organization or the latter comes under the former because the latter had spoken in general taking all Christians into consideration, inclusive of Boro Christians. He said, "We want to make it very clear that the United Christian Forum is not connected in any way with the NBCC or the NBCC has no link with this newly-floated organization and that such a statement by the United Christian Forum is not at all acceptable because it is neither known to all nor supported by the NBCC." The NBCC strongly condemned the statement and asked the United Christian Forum to stay away from making such statements in the future, he said.

Basumatary said that over the last 26 years, the NBCC has remained as an umbrella association of Boro Christians of the Northeast and West Bengal, belonging to both the Catholic and the Protestant groups, having been devoted to the constitutional guaranteed religious freedom for all to practice and propagate their faiths and to safeguard the religious rights of the minorities and to protect a continued secular state, where all religions will continue to enjoy freedom of exercise and expression. In keeping with this value, the NBCC has not officially supported any single political party but has stayed neutral to bring about peace and harmony and development in the region.

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