conversion to Christianity

The controversy erupted in November 2024 after a formal complaint was filed against the church alleging that its operations were conducted without legal permission from government departments like the Panchayat Raj, Revenue, Police, and the Noise Pollution Control Board.

Christian missionaries in the Awadh region are making efforts to promote religious conversions and influence voting patterns by adopting the Madhesi conversion model from Nepal.

Activists from Bajrang Dal acted on a tip-off and arrived at the scene to identify that many Hindus from the Scheduled Caste community had joined the event. Further tensions escalated as the activists questioned why so many Hindus were forced to join the event in the name of Christian prayers.

A social media post purportedly published by the deceased victim Linesh Sahu stated that his wife Karuna and his in-laws were harassing and pressuring him to undergo religious conversion to Christianity.

Bajrang Dal handed over a memorandum to the local authorities and demanded strict action the matter.

Pastor Amos had called a group of Indians for Christian conversion in Nepal. Hindu organisations including VHP and Bajrang Dal Nepal got information and stopped the programme.

During the investigation, Police found out that the church was running without any legal documents. Consequently, the Police sealed the church.

A pastor in UP's Bareilly was arrested for brainwashing and manipulating Hindus into embracing Christianity.

Any reservation granted to "Dalit Christians or Muslims" would be a travesty of justice to those who remained true to their ancestral and dharmic traditions

OpIndia's team visited the village of Dara Singh, who has been imprisoned for more than 24 years, and assessed the present condition. We discovered that Dara Singh's family is living in deplorable conditions.