Ranchi: Jharkhand's ruling BJP has taken strong exception to a delegation of tribal Christian priests, led by Ranchi Archbishop Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, meeting Governor Draupadi Murmu and demanding that the amendments to the two controversial land acts be scrapped as it was against the interest of the tribals.

State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Laxman Gilua, who has launched an offensive against the Cardinal, alleged that his party had from the beginning maintained that people were being misled over the issue. He said that by meeting the Governor over the issue it is clear that the Church was backing the agitation against the amendments in the Chotanagur Tenancy Act (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) acts.