Overview

• Two nuns from Kerala remain on conditional bail granted by an NIA court on August 2 after it found the trafficking and conversion case rested on mere suspicion.
• Congress general secretary K. C. Venugopal has petitioned Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai to formally close the case and prosecute Bajrang Dal members accused of assaulting the nuns.
• Opposition parties in Kerala and youth Congress groups in Meghalaya have staged protests denouncing what they call fabricated charges and urging swift closure of the proceedings.
• The Kerala BJP unit’s swift intervention, including Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s engagement with Church leaders and reported PMO support, helped secure bail and signals intensifying Christian outreach.
• Political parties view the episode as a bellwether for Kerala’s Christian vote ahead of upcoming local body and Assembly polls, underscoring federal-state tensions over minority rights.