Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mumbai city unit’s president, and MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha, launched an agitation against religious conversions in Mumbai’s Chandivali area. He accused the local administration of facilitating these religious conversions by working with the missionaries.
On 1st of April 2022, Mangal Prabhat Lodha posted on his Twitter handle, “Visited Sangharsh Nagar, Chandivali & surprise to know that conversion activities are going on openly with the blessings of local Administration. Visited DCP office, got no support hence we will be the part of agitation till this conversion activities stopped.”
Visited Sangharsh Nagar, Chandivali & surprise to know that conversion activities are going on openly with the blessings of local Administration. Visited DCP office, got no support hence we will be the part of agitation till this conversion activities stopped. pic.twitter.com/sjbpwobp45
— Mangal Prabhat Lodha (@MPLodha) April 1, 2022
Mangal Prabhat Lodha informed in a subsequent tweet that he was accompanied by many party workers and the Vice-President of BJP’s Mumbai unit Pawan Tripathi along with Sandip Bhagat, who is the head of the Mumbai unit of the Bajrang Dal.
Pawan Tripathi also expressed concern about the conversion program. He demanded the safety of Hindus addressing the government of Maharashtra in his tweet. He tweeted, “Today, I visited Sangharsh Nagar in the Chandivali area of Mumbai with Shri Mangal Prabhat Lodha. The manner in which the conversion work is going on in association with the local administration in Sangharsh Nagar is very worrying and frightening. The Government of Maharashtra should ensure the safety of Hindus.”
आज मुंबई भाजपा अध्यक्ष श्री मंगल प्रभात लोढ़ा जी के साथ संघर्ष नगर , चाँदीवली जाना हुआ । संघर्ष नगर में जिस तरह स्थानीय प्रशासन के सहयोग से धर्मांतरण का कार्य चल रहा है , वह अत्यंत चिंताजनक एवं भयावह है ।
— Pawan Tripathi (@pawantripathi_) April 1, 2022
महाराष्ट्र सरकार को हिंदुओं की सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करनी चाहिए । pic.twitter.com/rBemCZ8ZGN
Last week, Legal Rights Observatory alleged that 3000 people including dozens of kids in Chandivali Mumbai were forcibly converted to Christianity. Ishwar Tawade, the local Shiv Sena corporator in Chandivali (ward number 157 of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai), forced Mumbai police to lodge an FIR against Rohan Thakur of Vishwa Hindu Parishad who opposed these conversions.
3000 people, dozens of kids from Chandivali- Mumbai Ward 157 r forced to convert to #Christianity.
— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) March 25, 2022
Corporator Ishwar Tawde of @ShivsenaComms forced @MumbaiPolice to lodge FIR against @VHPDigital‘s Rohan Thakur for objecting conversions. Urged @NCPCR_ to book police u/s of JJ Act pic.twitter.com/aed1SOfUiz
Legal Rights Observatory also urged the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to book the offenders under sections of the Juvenile Justice Act. NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoonga took cognisance of the tweet about the rampant conversions taking place in Mumbai as alleged by the Legal Rights Observatory.
