Indian Christians from across denominations, including Kathleen and Fenticoslu, came together in New Delhi to launch a united forum and a toll free helpline number. The new group will respond to rising attacks after the victory of a Hindu nationalist party in a recent election. The United Christian Forum for Human Rights or UCF was formed on January 19. Dr John Dayal, a Christian activist and the spokesperson for the new forum, said it will provide legal and advocacy help to the Christian minority, which has been traumatized in recent months. This year thus far, there has been at least one violent incident every week, according to Speak Out Against Hate.org, a website that monitors incidents of violence and other religious freedom violations. Christians say persecution has increased since the landslide victory of the Hindu right wing Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP in the general election in May 2014. The forum believes that a 24-hour national helpline will help lawyers and experts to assist victims of violence and intimidation. Based on hate, eggs the year in decisions based on hate. In 2014, at least 144 attacks were reported, according to the Evangelical Fellowship of India, which said the actual number is likely to be much higher. Attacks peaked in December. They were at least 31 incidents targeting Christians in December alone. These cases included physical violence, false accusations, disruption of church services, and pressure to convert to Hinduism. India's National Human Rights Commission issued notices to five states citing media reports on acts of violence and atrocities against Christians, according to the Times of India. These states are Mathipradesh and Chattisgarh in the North Central India and Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the South. The attacks on minorities also led to a debate in the parliament. Christians and their churches are being attacked even in the national and state capitals. However, such cases often go unreported in smaller cities and villages, where victims get little help. The United Christian Forum has come together so that we are able to ensure that the voice of the person in the village's richest new denning. Since 1997, they have been recording between 150 to be to Dr. 350 cases of violence here. The UCF, the United Christian Forum is about a collective response from our community. Just get yourself this line. We all are a part of that. What UCF stands for and what all of us we stand for is that we care. Is that we are here, we are together and we are one body. The ruling BJP party is widely seen as the political wing of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevaak and umbrella Hindu Nationalist group. It champions the concept of Hindu Twa and ideology that invisions a Hindu India, where minorities are allowed to exist but in subordination to the majority community. However, Dayaal said that Christians are persecuted in India, irrespective of who is at the helm of the government. Which the government is, who runs the government, which is the government of the sector, it doesn't matter. The non-state actors remain the same. The progress of the judicial criminal justice system remains the same. About six years ago, Christians in Oresa states Kandamaal District suffered mass violence. Christians were attacked after Maoist rebels killed a local Hindu nationalist leader. But right wing groups blamed the murder on local Christians. Dayaal said that the victims are still awaiting justice. 300 churches burned down. 6,000 houses burned. 60,000 people forced to run into the forest to say the lie. Children born in the forest. Women giving birth in the forest. People dying of snake bite. People starving. We must remember them. And justice has awaited them out of 120 killed brutally. Two convictions. One alive term for murder. One only seven years for abduction. As they say, nobody killed the rest of them. Advocate promotes Singh, president of the Christian Legal Association of India, and part of the UCF. Said Hindu nationalists are attacking the idea of India that was conceived by India's founding fathers. He cites the preamble to the constitution. I would just read out to you what the preamble to the constitution says. I will read it slowly and by please bear with me. We the people of India have solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic and to secure to all its citizens. Justice, social, economic, and political. Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith, and worship. The equality of status and of opportunity and to promote among them all. Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation. How to be intent to meet this challenge in prayer on bended knees but bend it before God. Not bend it before man and not bend it before non-state actors or the state itself. India is a motherland and we claim or write a tune of God and citizens of India with the biden in one hand and the constitution of India in the other. I thank you.