PRAYAGRAJ: India’s “majority population” risks being reduced to a minority someday if mass conversions continue to be allowed in the name of religious congregations, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal of Allahabad high court said on Monday while rejecting the bail petition of a man accused of initiating a mentally ill villager into Christianity.
“Such congregations should be stopped immediately,” Agarwal said, adding, “It has come to the notice of this court that unlawful conversion of people of SC/ST, other castes and economically poor people into Christianity is being done at a rampant pace throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh.”
The judge said Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees citizens the right to choose and practise any faith, “does not provide for religious conversion.It only provides freedom of conscience, practice and propagation of religion”.
“Such congregations should be stopped immediately,” Agarwal said, adding, “It has come to the notice of this court that unlawful conversion of people of SC/ST, other castes and economically poor people into Christianity is being done at a rampant pace throughout the state of Uttar Pradesh.”
The judge said Article 25 of the Constitution, which guarantees citizens the right to choose and practise any faith, “does not provide for religious conversion.It only provides freedom of conscience, practice and propagation of religion”.
