SUNDARGARH, INDIA, February 24, 2012 (Express News Service): As many as 3,127 persons on Thursday returned to Hinduism in a ‘home coming’ ceremony of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) held in Sundargarh town. VHP sources said those who returned to the Hindu fold hailed from 100 villages across Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Addressing a public meeting here, VHP leader, Pravin Togadia, demanded enactment of a rigorous law with provision of capital punishment against those indulging in religious conversion by way of deceit or intimidation. Togadia said the Hindu religion preaches tolerance and selfless service, but sly religious conversion of gullible Hindus has been creating social and religious divides.