NEW DELHI, March 4 -- On February 17 in Assam, North East, a detestable incident happened to a Catholic nun in a bus. A media outlet reports, "The nun was mocked by co-passengers, mostly Hindus, for her religious habit and faith before she was forcibly deboarded (midway)." When the conductor ordered her to alight from the bus, passengers allegedly insulted her. The incident occurred on a bus from Dudhnoi to Goalpara (District headquarters) in Lower Assam. The nun had purchased the bus ticket after travelling from her place of work in Siju town, South Garo Hills, under the Tura diocese in neighbouring Meghalaya.

The uncalled-for incident echoed in the Meghalaya legislative assembly. Charles Pyngrope, an opposition legislator, raised the i...