Karan Thappar interviews Archbishop of Delhi: Watch "Devil's Advocate" on CNN-IBN

Breaking News! The "Devil's Advocate" program on CNN-IBN tonight will feature Archbishop of Delhi, Vincent M Concessao. Vincent is also the President of National United Christian Forum. Karan Thappar will grill the Archbishop on the issue of conversion and communal violence. The program will be shown at 8.30 PM on Sunday, September 28.

According to CNN-IBN, Archbishop Vincent M Concessao has demanded a ban on Bajrang Dal and VHP and also accused BJP of colluding with them. He also held Naveen Patnaik government in Orissa responsible for the attacks on Christians and Churches. The Archbishop denounced the concept of "Hindutva" and said "Hindutva has its ideology from the West, from Hitler and Nazism. It has no roots in India, not in Hinduism."

When Karan Thappar further asked the Archbishop if in the interest of India's integrity and unity, the Church could agree on a moratorium on conversion for 10-15 years, the Archbishop said that would deny freedom to people to exercise their right to convert. He also denied any association with "Satyadarshini", which distributed literature denouncing and ridiculing Hindu Gods.

Watch the complete interview at Devil's Advocate on CNN-IBN at 8.30 PM on Sunday, September 28, 2008.