The incidents come against the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ongoing efforts to engage with the Christian community in Kerala.

Yuhanon Meletius, metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church’s Thrissur diocese, unleashed his tirade against Modi in a post on Facebook for “honouring” the Christmas crib in New Delhi at a

In a sarcastic post on Facebook on Tuesday, Bishop Yahanon wrote: "Over there Bishops are being honoured,and the crib is being worshipped. Here, the Christmas crib is being destroyed."