Communal and ethno-religious violence has increased quantitatively and qualitatively since the destruction of the Babari mosque in 1992 and the advent of the BJP and organisations related to it in mainstream politics and the power structure .

The vicious nature of communal violence has  continued unabated since the destruction of the Babari mosque .. (It) is not just a breakdown of law and order but something more sinister, an inclination of passive acceptance of or even connivance towards the activities of organisations like the VHP and the Bajrang Dal. ...

There is some validity in the view that funding of religious activities from Christian and Muslim countries at times have political and centrifugal motivations against India. The solution, however, does not lie in xenophobic and violent reactions against whole communities of our compatriots or foreign religious figures who have worked or who work in India with genuine motivations of public service. The kind of violence perpetrated by the VHP, Bajrang Dal and the Shiv Sena contradicts our traditions and our value system ... The phenomenon of religious conversions has not been coercive in the majority of cases. If foreign missionaries and organisations are found to be indulging in subversive activities against the unity and integrity of India, the Government's responsibility is to take action against specific institutions or individuals who indulge in such activities. To adopt a punitive attitude against all the "madarsas" and the "Christian missionaries" is patently irrational fanaticism which cannot be condoned ... Violence ... goes against the fundamentally tolerant and eclectic traditions and foundations of Hinduism .. What we perceive (today) is a doctrine of Hindutva blighting Indian politics, which is fascist, paranoid and violent and has nothing to do with Hindu thought or Hindu way of life ... Political and electoral considerations seem to weigh with the government more than the imperatives of sustaining its credibility and, more important, safeguarding the unity and pluralistic identity of the Indian Union ... India which is being betrayed. We must cease and desist for our own sake even more than for considerations of how we fall in the esteem of the world. (Source: The Hindustan Times, 3 February, 1999)