After Bhagalpur and Munger, it was turn of Bodh Gaya where in a village
200 Mahadalits converted to Christianity on Christmas Day. Chief
Minister Jitan Manjhi, who himself is from the community and from the
same district, has sought a probe into the event.
About 200 Mahadalits from 40 families of Atiya village under Pararia
panchayat of Bodh Gaya block converted to Christianity on Thursday at a
Christmas function organised in a local school by a priest, Brother
Rajkishore.
In 2008 too, 35 families from the same village had converted to Christianity
The villagers have reportedly said that they have converted to
Christianity for their growth and betterment in life. However, village
head Munia Devi said she has no knowledge about the conversions,
“though, a function was organised in the village school on Thursday”.
A local official said that the villagers like Dhanesh Manjhi and Bhanesh
Manjhi have said that they had participated in the function on
Christmas day to express their faith in Christianity like other
villagers without any “allurement, fear or favour”.
Meanwhile, Mr. Manjhi, who was in his village in Gaya district on
Thursday, has sought a report on the incident from the district
magistrate. “I’ve asked the officials to look into it whether it was
forced conversion out of any pressure or allurement or on their own,” he
said.
“If they have converted on their own there is nothing wrong in it,” he
said while adding that a high-level probe could be ordered if there was
any need of it.
Earlier, similar reports of conversion of Mahadalit families to
Christianity had come from Bhagalpur ad Munger districts of the State.
However, when officials visited those villages to ascertain the facts,
the villagers had denied their “conversion to any other religion” and
had said they have merely expressed their faith in Jesus Christ for
“betterment and growth in their life”.
On one hand, the BJP government and the Sangh Parivar is trying to reconvert Muslims to Hinduism through "Ghar Wapasi" as they claim and on the other hand Hindu's are converting to Christianity. Is this not a slap on the face of these champions of Hindusim?
I have said earlier, unless we remove the warts in Hindusim wherein some consider themselves more equal than others, just on the basis of birth, these conversions will occur.
Two things are the main reaons for conversions.
Poverty and discrimination caused by birth in SC, ST.
Now that the BJP has got a stunning majority in the Lok sabha elections they should take stringent action of the people who are behind this discrimination, irrespective of stature or party affiliations. To improve the economic conditions, corruption should be attacked on war footing. But will they do it.
The BJP tried horse trading in MLAs in the Delhi assembly, offering 5 crores per MLA.
They will be making similar offers in J & K where there is a hung assembly.
The BJP received anything between Rs 10000 to 15000 crores from the Ambanis and Adanis to finance the parliamentary elections. Naturally they will have to be paid back.
They must have taken another Rs 8000 to 10000 crores in the Haryana and Maharashtra elections and a similar amount in the Jharkhand & J & K elections. These too have to be paid back.
With so much payback, what money will the government have to lift the condition of the poor who are converting because the Christian Missionaries treat them as equals and help them with education and training to make a decent living.
Unless the government changes its policies, these conversions will continue.
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