The Long March is on for the past one month from Kanyakumari to Chennai demanding equal rights for Dalit Christians. On 5th March 2010 the March concludes with a public meeting at Chennai.

The police prevented the marching people to walk through the city of Chennai and the Chief Minister was not prepared to meet the delegation of Bishops and leaders. Most Rev. A. M. Chinnappa, Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, Most Rev. Peter Fernando, Archbishop of Madurai, Most Rev. A. Neethinathan, Bishop of Chinglepet were arrested.

This is the way the State Government and the Union Government respond to the legitimate democratic struggles of the peace-loving Christian community. Let the entire Christian community awake and respond to the state repression.