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BJP remains defiant as conversion row rocks Parliament
December 11, 2014

The Bharatiya Janata Party remains defiant even as the conversion row rocked Parliament today.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath said that he will go ahead with a conversion 'drive' similar to what was held in Agra in Aligarh on September 25. "There is noting wrong in conversion," he said.

Aligarh MP Satish Gautam said, "This is a homecoming for people, not conversion. The Sept 25 drive will continue as per schedule."  

However, the stand of Parliamentary Affairs Minister was different. He said that an anti-conversion law was needed.

Meanwhile, police complaint has been filed against the Agra conversions based on a villager's allegation that 57 Muslim families chosen from a rag-pickers' colony were given inducements like I-cards for welfare schemes to convert to Hinduism.

The ceremony was allegedly organized by activists of the Bajrang Dal and Dharam Jagran Samanvyay Vibhag and featured chanting by priests and a havan. 
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