KOTTAYAM: An action council has been formed to protest against the action of the Rajasthan Government against Immanuel Ministries and its activists.

The first meeting of the action council will be held on Thursday. Church leaders from various congregations are expected to participate, said the leaders of the council.

Talking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Mathews K. Lukose, general secretary, Christian Media Association, and Sajan K. George, director, Global Council of Indian Christians, alleged that the Immanuel Ministries and its founder and Padma award recipient Bishop M.A. Thomas was being victimised by the Rajasthan Government and communal forces.

These people have time and again clarified that they were in no way connected with the controversial publication, they said. With more than a hundred schools closed, and many hospitals and orphanages left in the lurch, the future of hundreds of orphaned children is at stake, they said.

Situation `alarming'

Terming the situation in Kota `alarming,' they called upon the Union Government to interfere in the issue to safeguard human rights and secularism in the country.

They also wanted the State Government to take necessary action to save the lives of the non-resident Malayalis involved in the issue.

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