Karnataka Winter Session 2026: Anti-Conversion Law repeal ahead
The Ram Rajya vs Rome Rajya war has been intensified as the henchmen of Sonia Gandhi, a Christian fanatic, have asked the Government of Karnataka to nullify the Anti-Religious Conversion Law enacted by the previous BJP government in the State. Though the Legislation was implemented to protect the vulnerable sections of society from the proselytization drive by Christian priests, nuns and pastors who are into round-the-clock evangelization in the state, a bishop based in Bangalore who wields enormous influence on Sonia Gandhi and her family has demanded immediate revocation of the law.
Thus, the Indian National Congress led by the Nehru-Gandhi clan has proved beyond any doubt that it is an anti-Hindu political outfit. Though the leaders ranging from Sonia Gandhi to Priyanka Vadra and her husband have declared that the Congress stands for Muslims and Christians, the last nail in the coffin has been driven by B K Hariprasad, president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, who declared on Thursday that the State government led by chief minister D K Shivakumar would roll back the anti-conversion law enacted by the BJP government.
Peter Machado, a Bangalore based bishop, known for his virulent hatred against Hindus, has been campaigning relentlessly for repealing the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act” since the day it was enacted by the then BJP Government in 2022. The legislation has been under fire from the likes of Peter Machado, who felt threatened by the stringent penalties and punishment prescribed for those who violate the law.
Interestingly, the legislation does not name any religion in particular, but the Church feels threatened by it, as the evangelists and proselytizers found it difficult to harvest souls through illegal means.
The law states that a person will not force someone else to convert their religion by misrepresentation, allurement, fraud, or promise of marriage. “However, the conversion of a person back to their immediate previous religion is permitted. Marriage for the sole purpose of unlawful conversion and any unlawful conversion for the sole purpose of marriage are prohibited. Marriages in which a party wishes to change their religion will be solemnized only after following the process of a willful religious conversion”.
Complaints against forced conversions: Any converted person, any person associated with such person (by blood, marriage, or adoption), or their colleague may lodge a complaint against an unlawful conversion.
- Burden of proof: The burden of proof to show that a conversion was not forced or unlawful will lie on the person who has caused the conversion, and on the person who aids or abets such conversion.
- Procedure for undergoing conversion: A person who wants to willfully convert his religion has to declare it to the District Magistrate (DM). A similar declaration will be given by the religious converter who performs the conversion ceremony. The DM will invite public objections to the proposed conversion twice – once before the conversion, and once afterwards. Objections are invited for the second time only if no objections were raised earlier. Upon receiving an objection, the DM will make an inquiry into the intention and purpose of the conversion. If the conversion is found to be unlawful, the DM may initiate criminal action.
No doubt, the legislation had disturbed and upset the plans of the Catholic Church from the day it was conceived to prevent and save millions of vulnerable sections of Indian society. Besides Karnataka, most of the BJP-ruled states made legislation banning religious conversion by force, coercion, or allurement. The evangelization of India and transforming the nation into a Christian Republic was the weapon devised and developed by the Church to annihilate Sanatan Dharma. Since the day the Congress Government came to power in Karnataka, the Church and Islamic extremists have been asking the administration to revoke the contentious law.
Despite the fact that noreligion hasbeen named in the legislation, the Church, the padris, and nuns are at the forefront, waging a war against it because it has put a spoke in the unprecedented conversion happening in the country. The Church is playing all tricks in its armor to ensure that the entire Hindu population in India is brought to the path of Jesus Christ. “Reaching the Unreached and offers of “instant salvation” are some of the leading war cries of the evangelists and padris.
Those who stood up to the attacks unleashed by the Church found themselves isolated and ostracized by society because the evangelists are past masters in the game of character assassination. The Church has always made sure that all administrations since 15th August 1947 had Christians manning sensitive and strategic positions in the Congress and the government. M O Mathai, special assistant to Jawaharlal Nehru, Vincent George, P C Alexander, the conscience keepers of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, were some of the names that figured prominently in the official hierarchy.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), the apex body of bishops, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the anti-religious conversion laws enacted by the States. Their contention is that the law violates Article 25 of the Constitution. But this is against the facts because, though the said Article does offer freedom of conscience, free profession, practice, and propagation of religion, it does not grant permission to proselytize anybody. The petitioners claim that proselytization is a fundamental right and hence could not be tampered with. Their claim is against all existing laws of the land.
It is an open secret that the Janata Party government led by Morarji Desai, which came to power in 1977, was ousted only because of the evil designs of the Church. A private bill named “Freedom of Religion Bill” introduced in Parliament by O P Tyagi, a BJP MP, was the root cause of the downfall of the Desai government. The Church in the country staged many protest marches, shut down churches, and demonstrations across the country demanding the withdrawal of the Bill. Theresa of Calcutta, a major evangelist and proselytizer of those days, came out in the open demanding the revocation of the Bill. But Morarji Desai stood his ground and rejected the demand by the Church, saying that the law is not against any religion in particular. The Church retaliated by breaking the Janata Party into various factions under the pretext of dual membership by the former Jana Sangh leaders in the Janata Party government. A person like George Fernandez, who was a hardcore Catholic disguised as a socialist, stabbed the Morarji Desai Government by resigning from the council of ministers within minutes after he delivered a speech in Lok Sabha extolling the virtues of the Janata Party Government and voted in favor of the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition.
The Congress got a convenient sacrificial goat by the name of Charan Singh, the then finance minister, to revolt against Morarji Desai. Charan Singh and his “Hanuman” (Raj Narayan) came out of the Janata Party, cobbled up a majority with the help of Indira Gandhi and the Congress, and got himself sworn in as Prime Minister. But it was Charan Singh’s turn to get stabbed in the back by the Congress, and he ended up as the first and last Prime Minister of India who did not get a chance to face the parliament. The Congress leaders warned him that this was his last chance to stake a claim to the top job because, as long as Desai was the Prime Minister, there was no hope for Singh to get his ambition fulfilled. Poor Charan Singh, who was not familiar with the intricacies and Chanakya’s Arthasasthra bite the prey and that marked the end of his political career. The real players in the game were the Church, the Vatican, and the CIA because their mission was to get all threats to evangelization drives removed once and forever.
The next time an anti-religious conversion bill was enacted was in Tamil Nadu in 2001 by the AIADMK Government led by Jayalalithaa. But the evil forces against the law ensured that the law was quashed, for which they got the pontiff of Kanchi Sri Sankara Mutt, Sree Jayendra Saraswathi, arrested in a murder case and imprisoned in 2004. Jayalalithaa was forced to withdraw the law.
The Church, the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals will not hesitate to go to any extent to subvert the move to ban religious conversions. The proselytizers working 2X7 to make India a Christian Republic are given wholehearted support by the Church. Remember, there are at least 20 to 25 evangelical television channels functioning in South Indian states alone. Their sole mission? Facilitate and promote religious conversion.
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