Bharatiya Janata Party

Christians, Muslims, and other minorities converged at the Shaheed Smarak (Martyrs’ Memorial) in Jaipur, the capital of the central Indian state of Rajasthan, on October 5, 2025, to protest against the passage of the Rajasthan Religious Conversion Bill, 2025, in the Legislative Assembly on September 9 amid protests by opposition legislators.

India has witnessed as many as 378 incidents of violence against Christians in the first half of 2025, according to an ecumenical think tank based in New Delhi.

A senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader in Goa, western India, has stirred controversy by demanding a DNA test on the remains of St. Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Catholic saint.

Every day, two Christians in India face attacks, according to the United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenical organisation that compiles data on atrocities against Christians.