Over the last few years, the BJP in Goa has been actively pursuing the Catholic community, which accounts for a third of the state's population.
The BJP has claimed that the support given by churches was partially responsible for the party's sweep of the 2012 assembly polls.
However, the relation between the BJP and the churches in Goa have soured with the advent of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the national scene.
BJP MP in trouble for posing with Bible in Goa
Panaji: A sitting BJP MP and a candidate for the North Goa seat has attracted controversy for posing with a copy of the Bible in a church while starting his election campaign.A lawyer activist Sunday
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