Hindu nationalist party seeks inroads in Syro-Malabar heartland

India's ruling BJP is fielding Christian candidates in four pivotal constituencies.

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party is seeking to make new inroads in the heartland of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

The Kerala Legislative Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram, southern India. Rajithmohan/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.

That is the contention of a March 17 analysis published by India TV, following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s release of an init…