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INDIAThe Christmas of Hindu radicals: We will reconvert 5,000 Christian and Muslim familiesby Santosh DigalThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a radical paramilitary group, is planning "the greatest return home ever happened". "A trick to hide their violence, in view of State elections 2016," said a priest. New Delhi (AsiaNews) - The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a radical hindu paramilitary group, plans to convert 4,000 Christian and 1,000 Muslim families to Hinduism next 25th of December, in Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh). Militants call it the "Ghar Whapsi" (returning home) programme, and claim it will be "the greatest ever happened". If it will really happen, it would be the fourth case in less than three months, always in Uttar Pradesh. Personalities from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Central government ruling Hindu ultra-nationalist party, will attend the event. Father Francis Arackal, a Dominican priest and head of the department of Communication at St. Joseph's College (Bangalore), downplayed the event. "The RSS which claims to be upholding the culture of India and Hinduism hasn't really understood the essence of Indian culture and the essence of the Hindu religion. No wonder they are doing the cheap conversions," he said. "Aligarh was chosen because it's time we wrest the Hindu city from Muslims. It is a city of brave Rajputs and their temples on whose remains Muslim institutions have been established," said RSS regional pracharak Rajeshwar Singh. "Christmas was chosen as the day for conversion because the event is a shakti pariksha (test of strength) for both religions," said Singh. "If their religion is better, they can stop them. It is a test for both of us. If they come to us on Christmas, it is the biggest rejection of the faith." For the priest "the proposed reconversion drive by RSS is being planned as a conspiracy politics keeping in mind the State Assembly elections which is due in Uttar Pradesh in 2016 as 'diverting attention trick'. The other intention is to hide all the wrong doings and criminalizing politics and communal violence in India." =========== http://www.ucanindia.in/news/another-conversion-event-in-up-dec-25-alert-sounded/27221/daily Another conversion event in UP Dec 25, alert sounded The Samiti is scheduled to hold the conversion event - Ghar Waapsi (home coming)- at Maheshwari College. Posted on December 12, 2014, 8:26 AM File photo. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday sounded an alert across the state following a call given by the Dharma Jagran Samiti - an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that it would convert 5,000 Muslims to Hinduism Dec 25 in Bulandshahr and Aligarh. Home department officials told IANS that police have been sensitized on the issue and the local intelligence units (LIU) have been asked to keep a tab on organisations like the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). "Necessary instructions have been issued to police officials and they have been asked to ensure that no untoward incident occurs," a senior official said. The Samiti is scheduled to hold the conversion event - Ghar Waapsi (home coming)- at Maheshwari College. The BJP MP from Gorakhpur, Mahant Adityanath is slated to attend the ceremony. The BJP MP has confirmed his participation to the organisers and said if someone was willingly converting, why should there be a controversy over it. Meanwhile, in the Agra conversion case, the district police have begun a probe and details of 300 persons belonging to 56 families who were claimed to have been converted into Hinduism are being collected for scrutiny and investigation. IG (law and Order) A. Satish Ganesh said that in preliminary probe so far it has been found that the persons who converted were lured with the offer of getting them ration cards, and added that district police in Agra were following up the case on priority basis. IANS
