India, Feb. 2 -- Santa Claus was figuratively lynched in India during Christmas 2025. As many as 150 incidents of vandalism of statues, Christmas trees and shop decorations, attacks and intimidation of carolers, worshippers, including children and women, and clergy took place at different places in the country.

Whether these will be discussed in the two Houses of Parliament during the two-month Budget session, which began with ceremonial pageantry on January 28, the second such session in Mr Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister, is a moot point.

Since 2014, when he took oath as the second BJP prime minister of India, the persecution of Christians in India, particularly Dalit Christians, and related issues affecting the Christian...