New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday made strong remarks on the issue of forced conversions in India. Hearing the petition of BJP leader and senior advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice Hima Kohli said that the issue of forced conversion is very serious. The bench said during the hearing that forced conversion affects the security of the nation and freedom of religion. Earlier, the Supreme Court, during a hearing on last 40 September, on the issue of forced conversions, Issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs and sought an answer.

Dangers Center failed to control Forcible conversion is taking place through The petition has claimed that the central government has completely failed to control the danger arising out of it. Senior advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay said that there is not a single district in the country which is free from forced conversions.

Hindus will remain a minority in their own country

Along with this, it has also been said in the petition that if forced conversions are not stopped in India soon, then in the near future Hindus will remain as a minority in their own country. Not only this, the petition by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sought a direction to the Law Commission of India to prepare a report and bring a bill to control forced conversions.

46417 Law against conversion made in these states

Please inform that laws have been made in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka etc. to prevent forced conversions in India. In states where laws have been made against forced conversions, for carrying out such activities, at least 08 The provision of punishment of one year has been made. However, at the time when laws against forced conversions were being made in four states of the country, there was a lot of political opposition at that time.

Court warns the central government

Describing forced conversions as a ‘very serious’ issue, the Told the Center to take steps to stop this and make serious efforts in this direction. The court warned that if forced conversions were not stopped, a very difficult situation would arise. A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice Hima Kohli asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to explain the steps taken by the government to curb conversion through inducements.

Centre to file counter affidavit

The bench said that this is a very serious matter. Serious efforts should be made by the Center to stop the forced conversions, otherwise a very difficult situation will emerge. Tell us what action you propose to take. You have to intervene. The court said that this is a very serious issue, which affects the security and religious freedom of the nation. Therefore, it would be better if the Central Government clears its stand and files a counter affidavit on what further steps can be taken to stop such forced conversions.