Bring central law to stop illegal conversions, demands VHP

He said that various incidents that happened across the country and also the commissions formed on this subject say quite loud and clear that illegal conversion is a threat to the fundamental right to religious freedom and national security.

The Supreme Court on Monday, (Nov. 14, 2022), gave a clear warning that if this is not stopped then a dangerous situation will be created for the country. The SC said religious conversions by means of force, allurement, or fraud may “ultimately affect the security of the nation and freedom of religion and conscience of citizens” while directing the Centre to “step in” and clarify what it intends to do to curb compulsory or deceitful religious conversions.

“There may be freedom of religion but there may not be freedom of religion by forced conversion… This is a very serious issue. Everybody has the right to choose their religion, but not by forced conversion or by giving temptation,” observed the SC.

Dr. Jain said that the SC had in many cases earlier also stressed the need for a central law on illegal conversions. It has become a most evident time and again that conversion done by force, fraud, and allurement is illegal, but in the absence of a clear law, the plotters and connivers could not be punished.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Sant Samaj, and other leading figures of Bharat have always been on the same page that illegal conversion must be stopped. For this, many great men and organizations have continuously struggled and made sacrifices. The struggle and sacrifice of Bhagwan Birsa Munda to protect our tribal brethren from the deceitful prowling of Christian missionaries are unforgettable.

Many great men like the Sikh Gurus, Swami Shraddhanand, Swami Laxmananand, et al, sacrificed their lives only to stop illegal horizontal religious conversions. VHP has also passed resolutions on this subject several times.

He said history teaches us the unfortunate lesson that such illegal conversions have already changed the geography of Bharat putting it into geostrategic, geopolitical, and geo-cultural disadvantages and still threatening its security, prosperity, and territorial integrity. Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were created because of religious conversions. Illegal conversion is also responsible for the plight of Hindus in Kashmir, the North-East, Bengal, and many districts of Kerala.

Conversion is also the main reason behind the gruesome and barbaric murder of hundreds of girls like Shraddha, Nikita, et al. For this work, many anti-national forces are active in Bharat (India) with the support of foreign powers. Many a time, conversion mafia, Jihadis, and Crusaders are also reported to have been caught who convert and using even innocent and handicapped children to serve their purposes.

Security agencies have expressed apprehension that these innocent children are also used as human bombs by the conversion mafia. Illegal conversion not only poses a threat to national security and territorial integrity but also to social harmony and co-existence. After independence, all the commissions set up to look into illegal conversion activities and networks, have expressed a clear opinion that a central law must be made to stop it.

Dr. Jain said that at present, laws have been made in 8 states of Bharat to stop illegal conversions. But this problem is pan-Bharat, behind which anti-Bharat international forces are actively conspiring. Proofs have also been found several times of the immense amount of money being pumped into the network by them. It has become clear from the activities of the Christian missionaries in the North-Eastern and Eastern states and the activities of the PFI across the country that national security has been in danger due to religious conversions.

Despite this, some political parties oppose an anti-conversion law due to vote bank politics, while earlier the same political parties themselves had brought such laws in the states ruled by them. It is clear from this that these political parties are not going to bring anti-conversion laws in the states being ruled by them because of their vested interests. In today's time, the problem of illegal conversion has assumed a horrible form. Seeing this ghastly form of illegal conversion, it is clear that this anti-national and anti-social conspiracy cannot be stopped by making laws in isolation only in a few states!

Dr. Jain reiterated that it is the need of the hour that a pan-Bharat comprehensive central law should be brought forthwith to rid the country of the demography-and-democracy-changing, abnormal, anomalous, invasive, undermining, meddling, and anti-Constitutional activities and networks of illegal horizontal religious conversions.