Christian educational and health institutions in the state capital remained shut as the community members today staged a dharna to protest attacks on them across the country.
The community members held the dharna at GPO crossing in Hazrataganj to protest the atrocities being carried out on them and the recent attack on an Agra Church.
They displayed placards that read "stop atrocities, against Christians" and "we have a right to workship and practice our faith".
"The Centre and state governments could not reduce the vicious attacks by calling them sporadic, few or stray attacks," Secretary Uttar Pradesh Masihi Association (UPMA) Rakesh K Chhatree said.
He stressed the need for concerted action to safeguard the rights of citizens as enshrined in Constitution.
