Developments in New Delhi in the Church's perspective

India as well as the entire world is closely watching political developments in the Indian capital Delhi, ‎where Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) grabbed 67 of the 70 seats in the Feb. 7 Delhi ‎Legislative Assembly election, handing arch rival, the nationalist right-wing Hindu Bharatiya Janata ‎Party (BJP) of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a humiliating defeat.   Kejriwal is to be sworn in ‎as the 8th  Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi on Saturday (Feb. 14).  He also happens ‎to be the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, winning the election in 2013, but resigned 49 days later, saying his ‎minority government was unable to pass his proposed anti-corruption legislation due to a lack of ‎support from other political parties.  Meanwhile, this past December and January, Catholics in Delhi are ‎feeling unsafe with 5 cases of attacks, arson or vandalism against Church properties and places of ‎worship.  While Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto was in Bangalore attending India’s Latin-rite bishops ‎plenary assembly, Feb. 3-9, Fr. Susai Sebastian, the Vicar General was in charge.  We called him on his ‎mobile phone to know about how the Church is viewing the recent developments in Delhi.  We first ‎asked Fr. Sebastian about Kejriwal’s stunning victory.‎  Listen: