New Delhi, July 30 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas has strongly condemned the arrest of two Kerala-based nuns in Chhattisgarh, alleging that it is part of a wider campaign of harassment and persecution against the Christian community in northern India.

Two Kerala-based nuns were arrested at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25 over charges of human trafficking and religious conversion.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Brittas said, "The arrest of the nuns is part of the orchestrated attack on the Christian community in North India. Their churches are being burnt, their hospitals are being attacked, and the nuns are being ill-treated and attacked. Two nuns were arrested illegally."

He termed the arres...