Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Christian Cemeteries 2020 (Right to Bury the Body) Bill has been submitted to the Subject Committee. The bill will be presented again to the legislature next week after the subcommittee is considered. Minister AK Gopalakrishnan was responding to a question on the Bill. Said the boy. KCBC President and Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church It is natural to express concerns. The Minister said that the Subject Committee would look into what could be done in practice.
After the Orthodox Jacobite church dispute, the body was not buried and the law and order situation collapsed. This was a disgrace to cultural Kerala. Had the government not been restrained, hundreds of bodies would have fallen. The ordinance was brought in the context of a Supreme Court reference. The minister said there was no need to worry about the law.
The opposition demanded that the Bill, which covers the body of Christians, should affect all Christians and should, therefore, be said for Orthodox Jacobites. KCBC president Cardinal Mar George Alenchery read the statement issued by Abdul Hameed of the Muslim League. He called for the vagueness of the bill.
Mons Joseph of the Kerala Congress M urged the Catholic Church to look into the 10 issues cited by the Catholic Church in a letter to the Cardinal. He also suggested that when the dispute between the two churches is settled, there should be no new problems. Kerala Congress MLA Roshi Augustine said the majority of Christians are worried because the bill is referred to as a Christian church.
The church cemetery is private land. With the arrival of the RDO and the Tahsildar, the public cemetery will be transformed. He said he doubts this bill is the beginning of the introduction of the Church Act.
PC George demanded that the bill be passed to exclude Catholics. James Mathew of the CPM demanded that the concerns of the churches be resolved and the ambiguity of the bill resolved. He also demanded that the title be Orthodox and Jacobite. He said the bill should ensure that the Bill does not apply to other Christian denominations. Sharma demanded. Minister G. Sudhakaran, Minister EP Jayarajan, Minister J. MERCYKUTIYAMMA, Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala, and V.D. Satheesan, George M. Thomas, m. Vincent, M Shamsudeen, Sunny George, Eldo Abraham, Veena George, KS Sabarinathan and Anwar Sadat were also present.
