BJP remains defiant as conversion row rocks Parliament
December 11, 2014 12:14
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.
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.