BENGALURU: BJP MP from Bangalore South Tejasvi Surya hailed the anti-conversion bill, passed in the legislative assembly last week, and laid stress on ‘ghar wapsi’ (bringing people back to their earlier religion).
Speaking on ‘Hindu Revival’ at the Vishwarpanam programme as part of Paryaya Mangalotsava at Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt on Saturday, he said: “The RSS has already given a call to bring back through ‘ghar wapsi’ all those who left Hindu religion. Either by force or fraud, either by threat or allurement, the Hindu has been taken from his mother-religion. There is only one possible solution to address this. Those who have left for various socio, political and economic reasons over the course of India’s history must be brought back to the Hindu faith,” he said.
“Tipu Jayanti should be celebrated by bringing back all those who converted to Islam due to his tyranny. Through this the revival of Hinduism is possible. It’s possible when spiritual leaders of Karnataka take the lead,” the BJP MP asserted.
Surya called on the community to ensure that no Hindu ever walks out of the fold at any cost. “A large number of Hindus has already converted and the count is increasing. It is numerical strength that decides political power in a democracy. Each temple and mutt should have yearly targets so that we bring people back to Hinduism during each festival,” Surya said.
He appealed to Hindus to demand that the government remove state control over temples and mutts.
‘Socialism and secularism reasons for national issues’
At another event, Surya said socialism and secularism are the key reasons for a majority of national issues.
In a debate on the Modi government’s good governance organised by the BJP Udupi district unit and Yuva Morcha at Manipal on Saturday, he said while socialism made India poor economically, secularism led to cultural poverty. The basis for several problems in India is ideology linked to socialism and secularism. He said the “useless stance” was responsible for instability in the country and secularism has affected Hindus.
“These two ideologies can never solve problems in the country. Socialism has affected industrialisation and made villages remain under poverty. It made farmers continue to embrace poverty,” he added.
A large number of Hindus has already converted and the count is increasing. It is numerical strength that decides political power in a democracy. Each temple and mutt should have yearly targets so that we bring people back to Hinduism during each festival.
