Kohima, November 29 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) President K Therie today said that the allegations of forced conversion are “farce and shallow” and not sustainable.
“Religion is deeper and stronger than force. Faith is an acceptance of one’s inner heart. No one can tear that apart and convert another,” he asserted, while maintaining that “forced conversion was a phrase coined by RSS and BJP” and had never convinced him.
Deportation of Christians holding tourist visas and denying visas on false allegations of forced conversion cannot succeed in removing the faith, Therie added, commenting on the reported deportations of 10 European tourists from Assam on allegedly for 'engaging in missionary work'.
The action may have earned praise from BJP’s top guns in Delhi but what has “amazed us is Christian Chief Ministers of remaining mum,” he asserted.
Accordingly, he claimed that religious divide is a reality and anti-conversion laws are deliberately misused. “Now even ‘peaceful association’ and ‘worship services’ are termed as ‘forced conversions’.”
“The BJP’s Manifesto has promised to implement UCC (Uniform Civil Code, Citizen Amendment Act). Christians will be persecuted more and more in times to come,” he alleged.
Rhetorically, he posed whether Christians should vote for party and its alliance and convey the message that “we support persecution of Christians.”
