Reacting to the letter, Naqvi told reporters: "A season of fatwas and farmans (diktats) has started. There is protection for minorities in India. He asked: "Doesn't the Bishop have the right to think that way and express his anxiety to his own people?" BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav hit out at the letter in a series of tweets. "It's a political appeal by a religious head which marks a new dangerous trend in Indian politics," he wrote.

Source: The Telegraph June 05, 2018 21:22 UTC