The Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church, one of the largest Eastern Catholic Churches, has severely criticised the erection of signboards prohibiting the entry of pastors and “converted Christians” in some Chhattisgarh villages, saying that such a move “marks out a group of people as second-class citizens” and called it “the most divisive boundary the country has seen since Partition”.

Referring to the recent Chhattisgarh High Court ruling that the hoardings could not be termed unconstitutional, the Church on Monday said, “In some villages of Chhattisgarh, signboards have been put up declaring that pastors and converted Christians are not allowed entry — a move the court has now approved. That signboard, which marks out a group of people as second-class citizens, is the most divisive boundar

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