The head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, has spoken out against attacks targeting Christians and other religious minorities, attributing them to RSS affiliates like Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He emphasized the constitutional right to freedom of religion and the government's responsibility to control fanatics, countering claims that Christianity and Islam are "foreign" religions by stating that Aryans were also migrants. The Church head expressed concern that attacks could escalate from outside churches to within places of worship.