Raipur, Aug. 1 -- Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma on Friday asked whether the Congress was attempting to put pressure on the court by staging protests after two nuns from Kerala were arrested over charges of forced religious conversion and human trafficking.

"This has nothing to do with votes. Earlier too, a delegation from the Congress party had come, and we facilitated their meeting with them (the two nuns)," Sharma told ANI.

"But they should understand whether by doing this, they are trying to pressure the court? This is a matter on which the police have taken action; whether bail will be granted or not, the court will decide," he said.

The nuns from Kerala were arrested at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on Jul...