Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 9 -- Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that the Christian community is not currently being represented in the National Commission for Minorities.

He urged PM Modi to take necessary action to fill the vacant position in the Commission as soon as possible "so Christians of the country could avail the protection under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992".

Binoy Viswam said that he wrote the letter in the backdrop of PM Modi's meeting with Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, in the presence of two Union Ministers, Rajeev Chandrashekhar and V. Muralidharan in the Parliament House on Friday.

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