The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said the Centre should consider enacting a law to stop illegal conversion in the country. The statement came two days after the Uttar Pradesh ATS force busted the religious conversion racket.
Dr Surendra Jain, Joint General Secretary VHP, in his statement said that there’s a widespread need for the enactment of anti-conversion law.
“For a comprehensive inquiry into such atrocious forms of conversion, a commission of inquiry on the lines of the Niyogi Committee should be formed and mandated with jurisdiction to cover the entire country,” the statement said.
Calling such conversion mafia ‘conversion-jeevi,’ he said, “Till now, these conversion-Jeevi elements used to target and victimize the general unsuspecting and innocent people. Now they are committing the inhuman cold-blooded crime of targeting even the deaf and dumb children! Many children are missing. They are suspected of having been engaged as canon fodders to be expended in terrorist activities.”
He further said that the conspiracy is not of today and the trap-web of this conspiracy is nationwide, and many more wicked, atrocious and monstrous varieties and types have come to the fore.
In a video statement, Jain said that it is because of conversion that Jihadi terrorism exists. It is because of such conversions that there are no Hindus in the Kashmir region. “It is time to free India from the evils of conversion.”
He also praised the Uttar Pradesh government for bringing the anti- conversion law and said states without these laws provide an “open terrain” to these jihadis to “creep around”. He also attacked the toolkit gang, saying, “The toolkit gang is always ready to help them.”
