Indians angered by Albania’s request

“We had planned a rally here on October 23 to protest against the claims of the Albanian government. But we received an appeal from the Mother House not to hold it. The rally is not being held to honor the appeal,” Herod Mullick, state secretary of Bangiya Christiya Pariseba, an apex body of Christians in the state, told media.
A source close to the MoC said, however, that it did not want any controversy to be raised on the issue since the Centre had already made it clear that it would not allow transfer of Mother Teresa’s mortal remains to Albania.
“Besides, the Missionaries of Charity has not been formally approached by the Albanian government. And as far as we know, they have neither approached the Government of India on this matter,” she said.
The Centre has already rejected the Albanian government’s request, saying that Mother was an Indian citizen.
“We will write to the Government of Albania requesting it to drop its plans to have Mother’s relics transferred,” Mullick said.