His death sparked protests and outrage across India.īishop Dyvasirvadam visited Rohith’s family along with some priests and nuns and offered financial assistance to his mother. Jesuit Father AXJ Bosco noted that the federation had visited the family of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student of Hyderabad Central University who committed suicide on January 17 to protest discrimination. The meeting also decided to send a delegation to the National Silent Rally to demand reservation for Dalit Christians to be held in New Delhi on March 10. The meeting asked the federation officials to take up the matter with the home minister and top police official of Telangana. The pastor noted that those arrested in connection with the incident were now roaming free. Nitin, who on January 17 was attacked along with others for praying in a Christian family in Fakirabad village of Nizamabad district. It is an apex body of archbishops, bishops and heads Catholic, CSI, Lutheran, Baptist, Salvation Army, Assemblies of God and other major Christian Denominations of Telugu States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. The federation was earlier known as the Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches.
John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad, was attended by nine Catholic and three CSI Bishops, besides heads of Baptist Denominations and Assemblies of God. The Protestant prelate also wanted the Churches to make greater efforts to convince the governments about the contribution of Christians to the nation building and how they could play peacemakers in the country’s present volatile situation. Hyderabad: The need for great unity among Christians of various denominations was stressed at the recent annual general body meeting of the Federation of Telugu Churches.Ĭhurch of South India (CSI) Moderator Bishop G Dyvasirvadam, one of the two presidents of the federation, called for “more visible expressions of unity” as India is undergoing drastic changes and Churches face attacks from within and outside.
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