It will influence the future course of our country. The constitutional rights are being trampled."The democratic fabric of the country is at stake amidst a growing sense of insecurity among the minorities, other backward classes (OBC), backward classes, poor etc.In an official communique dated November 21, Macwan had appealed to the Wood Beads Manufacturers Christians to organise prayer services at parishes and convents, "so that we may have such people elected to the Gujarat Assembly, who would remain faithful to the Indian Constitution and respect every human being without any sort of discrimination". Not a single daygoes without an attack on our churches, church personnel, faithfuls or institutions," he said."The results of this election are significant and will have repercussions and reverberations throughout our beloved nation.Issuing a letter addressed to the Christians, the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, Thomas Macwan, had last week urged the members of the community to save the country from "nationalist forces" as its "democratic fabric" was at stake, amidst a growing "sense of insecurity" among the minorities.Ahmedabad: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to the archbishop of Gandhinagar for asking Christians to pray to save the country from "nationalistforces" in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls. Such a language should not be used," Patel said.

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