At least 50 people from both Christian and Muslim communities were “reconverted” to Hinduism during the Virat Hindu Sammelan, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, at Khurmadanga village in Rampurhat on Wednesday. Read more »
Eleven Christians and Muslims belonging to 3 families embraced Hinduism at a “Gharwapsi” event organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) at Mumbai Read more »
The VHP on Friday claimed “ghar wapsi” was essential for the “improvement of the nation” and said that conversion to Islam raised questions about the individual’s “nationalism” and “patriotism”. We are not asking people to forsake anything. We want them to reconnect with their ancestors, their culture and traditions ! Read more »
Ghar Wapsi (homecoming) is not unconstitutional, according to a Supreme Court order, and will be continued across the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad head Praveen Togadia said in Belagavi on Wednesday.He told reporters the Supreme Court, in its 1977 order, had said “Hindu is a way of life”.Those who converted to other religions years ago and are reaccepting Hinduism now is not conversion and they will be welcomed. Our aim is making India as Hindu a country as it was once upon a time, Togadia said. Read more »
In the last six months, over 8,000 people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been reconverted to Hinduism under the aegis of the VHP’s “Ghar Wapsi” programme. And Hyderabad too is not lagging behind. Read more »
: In the midst of a nationwide row over the issue of re-conversion, a senior RSS official said that the organisation was willing to facilitate the `Ghar Wapsi` (re-conversion) of those willing Goan Catholics, whose ancestors were forcibly converted during the colonial Portuguese era. Read more »
The ghar wapsi (homecoming) campaign, to start from the hypersensitive Udupi district in coastal Karnataka, has become a matter of concern for law enforcement agencies. Read more »
The standoff in Parliament earlier this week may have forced Dharam Jagran Manch, an RSS affiliate, to postpone its ‘ghar wapsi’, or homecoming, programme in UP, but the project appears to be on in full earnest in Gujarat. Read more »
A Dalit group is working on another sort of ghar wapsi or homecoming programme with much less fanfare that could kick up a similar political storm. Read more »
Notwithstanding a united Opposition cornering the NDA Government over the conversions issue for the past one week, right wing organisation VHP has facilitated the reconversions of a batch of 30 persons belonging to eight families of SC Christians under the ritual ‘ghar wapsi’ in Alappuzha (Kerala). Read more »
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