Those who underwent religious conversion should be brought back to Hinduism: MP Tejasvi Surya

#WATCH Only option left for Hindus is to reconvert all those people who’ve gone out of the Hindu fold…those who’ve left their mother religion must be brought back.. My request is that every temple,mutt should’ve yearly targets for this:BJP MP Tejasvi Surya at an event on 25 Dec pic.twitter.com/8drw0lfKAh

— ANI (@ANI) December 27, 2021

He added, “All the mutts and temples should have annual targets to bring back people to Hindu religion. For instance, there were people who had to undergo religious conversion because of Tipu Sultan. That is why it is important to bring these people back to the fold of Hinduism. That is the only way a renaissance can happen.”

Surya’s statements come at a time when the state has witnessed massive protests over The Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, commonly referred to as the anti-conversion Bill, which has been passed in the Assembly. The bill prohibits conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, allurement or marriage.

Surya further said, “Our own brothers have converted from Hindu religion which is tolerant, scientific, progressive and forward-looking. It is our responsibility to bring them back to their original faith.”

During the anti-CAA protests, Surya had courted controversy saying that only the  “uneducated, illiterate, and puncture-wallahs” were protesting against the Act.

Further asserting that Hindus must enjoy political power as they enjoy numerical majority, he added, “There were many Muslim youths who want to celebrate Tipu Jayanthi. Why none of didn’t these people celebrate APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth anniversary? Kalam had visited mutts and played Hindu devotional music. That will be difficult to accept for a true Muslim.”

Surya further added that there was a time when people thought abrogation of Article 370 and construction of Ram Mandir were impossible but these are realities today.