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Perturbed by reports of possible mass conversion of Hindus to
Christianity and Islam, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has
sounded an alert to its cadre throughout the country to prevent
such conversions and to try to bring converts back into the Hindu
fold.
Senior RSS pracharaks are scheduled to meet here on May 27 to chalk
out a detailed plan for reconversion in Delhi, according to a RSS
office-bearer.
Sohan Singh, the RSS's all India official in charge of
reconversions, and one RSS joint secretary will he among those
attending.
Similar meetings for other states would he held soon, he said.
This is the first time that the RSS has taken a direct interest in
such activities' This is also the first time that such a meeting is
being organised, the RSS functionary said.
The RSS used to leave such matters to other Hindu organisations,
like the Arya Samaj, he pointed out.
The RSS now has access to intelligence reports which, he claimed,
tell about a grand plan of Christian missionaries to try and
convert the entire country to Christianity by the year 2010.
The RSS possesses a 20-page document, supposedly written by one
Reverend Parichha in Orissa, in which the priest has prepared a
blueprint for the Church to try to convert the entire state to
Christianity, he said. The missionaries' activities have already
started in Bolangir and Kalahandi districts, he added.
A senior RSS pracharak recently received a tax message from one
senior police officer in Orissa, urging him to take immediate steps
to save the innocent tribals of these two districts from
conversion, he pointed out.
The intelligence reports also said that Islamic countries have
trained about one lakh Tabligi (Islam's religious preacher) in
India to convert Hindus to Islam, he further claimed.
About 20 Tabligi from Saudi Arabia were arrested in Gorakhpur
(Uttar Pradesh) in the last month after they entered India through
the Nepal border, he said, adding that they were released only
after the intervention of a central minister.
Among other issues, the RSS meeting is to discuss ways to further
strengthen the Sangh's frontal organisations like "Sewa Bharati",
"Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram" and "Vidya Bharati" schools in order to
give security to "poor Hindus". The RSS considers these sections
vulnerable to the Christian missionaries' conversion zeal, he held.
However, the RSS finds itself grossly incapable of dealing with
such a massive reconversion exercise, as it has only 5,000 full
time pracharaks, one of them pointed out.
It is thus planning to expand its frontal organisations like the
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Sewa Bharati.
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