{"id":140344,"date":"2020-10-22T03:34:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=140344"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:04:20","slug":"cm-silent-on-tawang-church-fiasco-as-acf-plans-protest-for-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/10\/22\/cm-silent-on-tawang-church-fiasco-as-acf-plans-protest-for-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CM silent on Tawang church fiasco as ACF plans protest for Nov 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

ITANAGAR, Oct 21:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu has continued to maintain silence on the Tawang church fiasco even as the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), a powerful conglomeration of various denominations of churches, has said that it will organize a ‘peaceful protest’ on 2 November in Itanagar.<\/p>\n

On 9 October, the ACF had submitted a memorandum to the CM’s office, urging him to resolve the Tawang Christian Revival Church issue at the earliest and had said it would be compelled to launch a democratic stir if the issue is not resolved.<\/p>\n

The Itanagar capital region (ICR) administration did not allow the ACF to organize the protest at the civil secretariat as originally sought by the forum.<\/p>\n

Instead, ICR Deputy Commissioner Komkar Dulom has given them permission to organize the protest at the tennis court in IG Park following all the Covid-19 protocols, including wearing of masks and maintaining distance on 2 November.<\/p>\n

The Tawang police had arrested Tawang Revival Church pastor Joseph Singhi, sparking protest from the Christian community of the state.<\/p>\n

Singhi was reportedly arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the district land revenue & survey officer, allegedly for illegally constructing the church.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, talking to this daily, an ACF member expressed sadness over non-responsive attitude of the state government.<\/p>\n

“We are not adamant on conducting protest and are still hopeful for a solution,” said the ACF member, adding that the organization has high expectations from the chief minister to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

Further, the member said that the church issue “should not be made out as a fight between religions.”<\/p>\n

“We respect the sentiments of fellow Arunachalees and have regard for all the religions. We are only seeking what we believe is our right – to have a place of worship in Tawang. Further, we fervently appeal to everyone to not make it a communal issue,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Oct 21: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has continued to maintain silence on the Tawang church fiasco even as the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), a powerful conglomeration of various denominations of churches, has said that it will organize a ‘peaceful protest’ on 2 November in Itanagar. On 9 October, the ACF had submitted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}