Veerashaiva Mahasabha asks units to prepare for ‘ghar wapsi’
The Hindu
This comes while Karnataka Government is preparing to table an anti-conversion law
Bengaluru
Just as the State Government is preparing the ground for introduction of anti-conversion bill in Karnataka, Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha has asked its units to report any case of conversion of its members and prepare for ‘ghar wapsi’ to bring such people back into the fold. The Mahasabha is a body representing Veerashaiva-Lingayats.
The timing of the letter by the Mahasabha president and veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa to all its taluk and district units comes amid opposition to the proposed bill from the Christian community. The Mahasabha, sources said, is shortly expected to urge the State Government to introduce a law to monitor and prevent ‘forcible or induced’ conversions.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.