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Uproar in Rajya Sabha over conversion, House adjourned
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IBNS) The upper house or Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon after a ruckus by the Opposition demanding the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the conversion issue.
Opposition leaders like CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury and Congress's Anand Sharma were vocal demanding the presence of the PM.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said "the opposition only wants to protest, does not want any work to get done".
The government had earlier said that they will deliberate upon the issue on Wednesday.
A police complaint was lodged after some 200 people were recently converted to Hinduism in a ceremony organized in Uttar Pradesh by groups like Bajrang Dal linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), media reports said.
Sources said some 57 Muslim families participated in the mass conversion ceremony in Agra.
Sources said the conversion event was termed as “homecoming” by the Bajrang Dal and Dharam Jagran Samanvay Vibhagh who jointly conducted the rituals.
The government had earlier said that they will deliberate upon the issue on Wednesday.
A police complaint was lodged after some 200 people were recently converted to Hinduism in a ceremony organized in Uttar Pradesh by groups like Bajrang Dal linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), media reports said.
Sources said some 57 Muslim families participated in the mass conversion ceremony in Agra.
Sources said the conversion event was termed as “homecoming” by the Bajrang Dal and Dharam Jagran Samanvay Vibhagh who jointly conducted the rituals.
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