Daijiworld Media Network - Chitradurga (SP)
Chitradurga, Dec 3: Hosadurga MLA Gulihatti Shekhar, had recently said at the legislative assembly session that in his constituency, people were being forced to convert into Christianity. He also had claimed that his mother was a victim of this forceful conversion.
However, in the official survey conducted by Hosadurga tahsildar, it was found that 45 families from two villages in Hosadurga taluk have voluntarily embraced Christianity.
The family members said that they voluntarily adopted the new religion and no one put pressure on them.
MLA Gulihatti Shekhar
The survey conducted by Hosadurga taluk administration, which conducted the survey based on the BJP MLA's allegation of forced conversion,, found that the people had on their own volition converted into Christianity. Tippeswamy said that he had visited two villages along with the police circle inspector when the villagers said they were not forced to change their religions, and that they got mental peace after becoming Christians. He said that some villagers asserted that several families were forced to change their religion, but the families themselves said otherwise.
Gulihatti Shekhar had explained in the assembly that his mother had converted into Christianity. Later he had informed that she and nine other families had returned to Hinduism. The government is planning to introduce a bill against forced conversions in the Belagavi session of the assembly.