Bengaluru: The legislative committee about the backward class and minority welfare in Karnataka has requested a survey of churches in this country in an effort to get rid of “invalid” “religious examination”.
” Various government authorities and district commissioners have been instructed to conduct surveys.
GooSihati Shekhar, BJP MLA from Hosadurga, who led the committee meeting on October 13, told TI that this survey aimed at examining “conversion of rampant forced religion in several parts of Karnataka” including the district of the house Chitradurga.
He said representatives from backward classes and minority affairs, houses, income and legal departments have stated at a meeting that there are around 1,790 churches in Karnataka.
The Committee has asked them to find out how many of them are illegally established, he said, adding that according to the Department of Home, 36 forced conversion cases have been registered throughout the state.
“The threat of forced conversion is very rampant so that the perpetrators even convert a place to live into the church and the Bible community.
We need to find out the number of companies like that and the Christian priest who is invalid and take action against them,” Shekhar said.
Shekhar said the Churches and Bible communities, who have not been registered and lack of permission from the Directorate of Minority Welfare or Minority Commission, are considered ‘illegal.
“Diocese of Bengaluru Diocese Rev Peter Machado, opposed the transfer of the state government to survey Christianity.
Missionaries and their place of worship.
Machado said the exercise was not necessary.” With this, our community worship places as well as pastors and sisters will be identified and possibly targeted unfairly.
We have heard such sporadic incidents in the north and in Karnataka, “he said.” If Christians convert indiscriminately then why the percentage of Christian population reduces regularly when compared to others? Why is the government interested in conducting religious personnel surveys and places of worship only from this community? We are sad that CM Basilvaraj Bommai gives up on the pressure from the fundamentalist group “he added.
Carnataka Church Survey Orders to ‘Check Forced Conversion’
