Christian Council hails referring FCRA amendment Bill to JPC

HYDERABADThe All India Christian Council has welcomed the Central Government’s decision to refer the controversial Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). However, the apex body maintained that its core stance, alongside Opposition parties and civil society groups, remains an absolute demand for the total withdrawal of the legislation.In an official statement released in Hyderabad, Archbishop Joseph D’Souza, president of the All India Christian Council, stated that while the referral acknowledges that a Bill of this magnitude should not be rushed through during disrupted parliamentary sessions, the fundamental objections to its clauses remain entirely unanswered.The council raised intense concern over the ‘vesting’ provisions of the