[EnlightenedChristians] Missionary Work from VHP in NE India! - From Hindurakshak Group

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>VHP to launch missionary works in Tripura >AGARTALA, July 8: To counter

increasing trend of conversions into >Christianity among the tribals in

Tripura, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad >has decided to launch massive missionary

works of their own, >particularly educational activities, in the rural areas.

The VHP >secretary general, Prabinbhai Togadia, in a press conference here on

>Saturday, termed the religious conversions into Christianity >throughout the

country as a ploy by the western countries to meet >their own religious goals.

What is most important in Tripura is that >separatist militants are taking

direct part in conversions and >attacking the Hindus. They are forcibly

preventing the Hindus to >perform their rituals and pujas in rural areas. He

said, even at this >hour of crisis VHP is trying hard to maintain the dignity

of Hinduism >in Tripura. "There is a hostel at Dhumacherra with a capacity of

150 >students and a school with a capacity of 200 students. VHP has also >set

up an old-age home at Salema and four girls hostel in the state. >It should not

be taken for granted that only missionaries do good >work," he said. At present

many schools are closed, and if these are >not opened, the effects will be

visible within 20 years, the VHP >leader said. He also alleged that in cases

militants backed by some >missionaries are taking part in the conversions at

gun-point. The VHP >is preparing to counter the conversions at gun-point, he

added. In >his speech at the Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan on Friday he said

VHP >won't allow such misadventure by the Christian missionaries as >Indians

have learned from the slavery of 1300 years under foreign >rules. Referring to

the cases of complaint against the Christians, he >said most of the cases had

been found to be false. "Wadhwa Commission >has proved that VHP is not

responsible for Graham Steins's murder >though most of the politicians had

blamed the VHP at first." Now >Dara, who is in custody, had revealed that he is

no way related to >VHP, he added. "About the cases of rape of nurse in UP,

initially >Bajrang Dal, VHP's youth wing, was held responsible but subsequently

>enquiry found 11 Christians' involvement in it. The basic aim is to >malign the

image of VHP," he said. He also said, after the murder of >Graham Steins, an

attempt was made to deface VHP by a nun, who >alleged her rape by VHP workers

but again police found the case to be >baseless. Earlier, Swapan Kumar

Mukherjee, organising secretary, >Dakshin Purva Prant said to bring back those

who have been converted, >VHP will work continuously and till date ten thousand

people have >been brought back to Hinduism. (Correspondent; The Assam Tribune;

>Guwahati; July 9, 2000) >Top > > >7 Assamese families are reconverted to

Hinduism >JORHAT, July 9: Seven families, who had earlier converted to

>Christianity, were reconverted to Hinduism in Majuli, the world's >largest

river island and the seat of Vaishnavism, the satradhikar >(head) of the

powerful Auniati Satra monastery, Pitambar Dev Goswami >said here on Sunday.

The seven families who reconverted on Saturday >hail from Borpomua village

under Jengrai police station and belong to >the Mising community, the

satradhikar said. The head of the world >famous Vaishnav seat of learning,

which is a veritable treasure trove >of art and literature, said that they had

started a mission since >last month and some of the families were willing to

return to their >original fold. The satradhikar also said that originally 300

families >had been converted to Christianity and it was likely that many of

>them would reconvert to their original religion. However, no pressure >was

applied on any of the families and they agreed to return to >Hinduism's fold

only because they could "identify with it and felt >more comfortable with it."

The head of the seven families who >reconverted are Bhim Kanta Mili, Baba Mili,

Likhikanta Mili, Podai >Mili, Jogeswar Doley, Anil Pegu and Uma Devi Doley. A

senior Jorhat >district official said that they had received information about

the >reconversions and the sub-divisional authorities had been directed to

>submit a detailed report. (PTI; The Asian Age; New Delhi; July 10, >2000) >Top

> > >VHP calls for debate on role of church in NE >GUWAHATI, July 11: The Vishwa

Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for a >debate on the role of the Church in the

strife-torn Northeast and >said the Hindu existence in the region will be in

jeopardy unless >immediate steps are taken to check Christian missionary

activity and >unabated infiltration of Bangladeshis into the country. VHP

>international general secretary, Praveenbhai Tagodia who arrived in >the city

today, said in a public meeting this evening that Rs 2,000 >crore in foreign

funds are being spent in the region every year in >support of missionary

activities, the money being channelled through >18,000 NGOs. Stating that no

community in the country is free from >missionary influence, Tagodia said even

the Assamese people are being >gradually enticed by the Church. The VHP leader

said there is >unabated infiltration of Bangladeshis into the country through

Assam, >West Bengal, Tripura, etc to which the so-called intellectuals are

>turning a blind eye. He said that when the infiltration problem in >the state

was first voiced, politicians had termed the Muslims as >a 'microscopic

minority.' Today, they threaten to overwhelm the local >population. He reminded

the audience of the fact that wherever the >Muslims had overtaken the Hindu

population, the latter had been >hounded. He said while 12 crore Muslims are

able to lead normal lives >among the 90 crore Hindus in the country, the three

lakh Hindus have >been reduced to homeless refugees by the 40 lakh Muslims in

Jammu and >Kashmir. He warned that a similar fate may be awaiting the people of

>Assam. 'We must stand together to counter the threat,' he stated. >Criticising

the Church for launching a 'hate campaign' against the >Hindus by levelling

false allegations against organisations like the >VHP and the Bajrang Dal,

Tagodia said all the allegations of at >rocities against the Christians

perpetrated by such organisations >have been proved false. Citing examples, he

said the alleged rape of >a nun at Jabua in Madhya Pradesh by Hindu extremists

turned out to be >otherwise as 11 of the actual culprits were Christians. He

said >another allegation of rape of a nun at Baripada in Orissa turned out >to

be baseless as the medical report showed there was no rape at all. >Lambasting

the 'Church and Euro-centric intellectuals' of turning a >blind eye to the

activities of the Church, Tagodia said the Indians >are being made to look at

their country through Western eyes. He said >while the Hindus believe that

every community has the right to >practice their religion unhindered, the

Church believes that it is >only through Christianity that one can reach

heaven. He challenged >the Church to define what a Hindu is. 'Is he a heathen,

a idolater ?' >he asked. 'They say only believers in Christ will go to heaven.

This >cannot be tolerated. It is religious terrorism,' the VHP leader said.

>Tagodia alleged that the VHP has documentary evidence to prove that >the

Church is converting people despite the 1977 verdict of a Supreme >Court

Constitutional Bench that the right to propagate does not mean >the right to

convert. He said 4 lakh Hindus are being converted every >year by the Church.

'Conversion is religious violence,' he stated. >Tagodia further said the Church

has always mocked the Hindu >traditions. 'We invite criticism,' he said, 'but we

also want a >debate on what the Church's role was during Independence struggle,

in >Goa and now in the Northeast.' He pointed out that the Church itself >is

not united and quoted the Pope once telling Catholic to 'wage a >war against

rapacious Protestant wolves.' Calling for an immediate >stop in conversions,

Tagodia said that it is banned in China where >the government believes 'one

more Christian is one less Chinese.' He >said the Hindus had always preferred

peaceful coexistance. 'There can >be no peace in the world if there are no

Hindus,' he said. (Staff >Reporter; The Assam Tribune; Guwahati; July 12, 2000)

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