BJP MLA Goolihatti Shekhar who was in news recently for raising the issue of rampant conversions in the assembly said that 40 per cent of the churches operating in the state are not officially recognised.
Dalits and Minorities Organisation Punjab head Dr Kashmir Singh opined that to counter the menace of missionaries in the Dalit Sikh community, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) should include the Dalit community.
BJP MLA Gulihatty D Shekhar had last month revealed in state assembly about how the missionaries were carrying out rampant conversions in rural Karnataka
The apex Sikh body have been receiving flak from within the community for not doing enough to “protect” the religion against rampant conversions by Christian Missionaries.