The United Christian Front (UCF), a civic body established in 2021 with the aim to encourage and push for more Christian community participation in political life, has extended its support to 14 candidates from the community across political parties for the forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled for January 15.

The founder-president of the Mumbai-centric UCF, advocate Alexander D’Souza, said, “Since our inception in 2018, we have been encouraging and guiding the community through inviting speakers and having meetings about how to participate in political life. We had a meeting with Cardinal Oswald Gracias a couple of years ago [pre-2022], as the BMC elections were supposed to be held in 2022 but were delayed. Several from the community heard him express support for us and this initiative. We want people to understand that one has to be in the system to be heard. One cannot sit outside and then expect to be heard.”