Patna: Mass conversion controversy rocked Bihar on Sunday with the BJP MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath asking the sadhus and party workers in Vaishali district to launch a vigorous “gharvapsi” (conversion) programme.
After Agra and Aligarh the VHP has targeted eastern UP that telescopes into some of the districts of no-rth Bihar to intensify its conversion programme. Sangh Parivar sources sa-id that Yogi Adityanath has taken upon himself the ta-sk of converting over 10,000 people in Poorvanchal.
According to sources, the conversion programme wo-uld be held in Gorakhpur on December 16 and Ghazipur on December 18, both bordering the Bhojpuri speaking districts of Bihar.
The MP’s conversion call has created an uproar with BJP leader Gopal Narayan Singh saying “Adityanath didn’t say anything wrong when he said homecoming is important.” The JD(U) and the Congress said that the country needs development and not sermons which may spark communal feelings.
