Sonia Gandhi, who is supposed to be the embodiment of secularism, has shown signs of Christian favouritism. Sonia's tenure as Congress supremo saw three Christian Congress Chief Ministers being appointed - Kerala (A.K. Antony), Ajit Jogi (Chhatisgarh), Y.S. Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) -neither of these states has a Christian majority. Her Jharkhand Congress leader too is a tribal Christian - Peter Munda - whereas the state has still majority Hindus. Even her all powerful Secretary is a Christian -Oscar Fernandez.
In Madhya Pradesh - her Chief Minister Digvijay Singh went to the extent of advising Dalits to seek new faith to avoid oppression (Feb 2003, Bhopal Declaration). The Nun Rape case in MP was squarely blamed on Hindus, whereas later it was revealed that tribal Christians were involved. Blatant conversions to Christianity took place in Chhatisgarh under her shield. It seems that wherever possible Sonia wants to have Christians in key political posts - and where it is not possible - say Hindu dominated Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - have some fellow who will go alongwith her soft conversion tactics.
On the personal front, even her children have chosen Christian life partners - Priyanka Gandhi married Robert Vadhera - a Christian; Rahul Gandhi has a Spanish girlfriend, again a Christian from Venezuela. It seems that Sonia prefers having Christians as relatives.
