Conversion, Infiltration Causing "Population Imbalance": RSS Leader

Dattatreya Hosabale said the meeting also discussed increasing the participation of women in social activities of the Hindu community.

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale today said religious conversion and migration from Bangladesh are causing "population imbalance" and called for strict implementation of anti-conversion laws.

Addressing reporters after a four-day all-India working committee meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS general secretary said the organisation is trying to create awareness on conversions.

He said as a result there has been a favourable outcome of "Ghar Wapsi" -- the Sangh Parivar effort to bring back to the Hindu fold people it says converted to faiths like Islam and Christianity.

He said the existing laws to prevent religious conversion need to be implemented strictly. The apparent reference was to laws in some states, including Uttar Pradesh, that prohibit conversion by force or allurement, particularly through marriage.