"What happened in Orissa can be explained by social factors, that is, the rivalry between the outcaste tribe members, because some of them enjoy government concessions and others don’t he says . In addition, the Christians who have been educated at school are not prepared to be exploited by their masters any longer". But the spreading of violence to other Indian states, explains the missionary, means "there is a political hidden agenda. Next year, there will be the national election, and the Hindu fundamentalists, who are a bit the hidden hand of the Bharatiya Janata party (Bjp), want to spread a climate of fear, so people will vote for them". In their letter, the Indian bishops accused the central government of "apathy and inaction”. Father Torriani confirms that "somehow they pretend the problem does not exist and even the national press doesn’t give it much coverage". In this way, he comments, "the fundamentalists are having it easy, because the political hidden agenda behind all this is to embarrass Sonia Gandhi. Because she is Italian and has already been accused of being "the spy of the Vatican"”. In his opinion, "it would be important, politically, to lobby the European governments to rouse the Indian government to open an investigation on the cause of the violence and repay the people who have suffered. But little or nothing has been done so far”.
