{"id":250445,"date":"2025-03-03T04:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/vice-president-dhankhar-expresses-concern-about-orchestrated-financially-backed-conversions-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T04:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:47:24","slug":"vice-president-dhankhar-expresses-concern-about-orchestrated-financially-backed-conversions-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/vice-president-dhankhar-expresses-concern-about-orchestrated-financially-backed-conversions-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Dhankhar expresses concern about &#8216;orchestrated, financially backed conversions&#8217; in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118662548,imgsize-22740.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vice President Dhankhar expresses concern about &#8216;orchestrated, financially backed conversions&#8217; in India\" title=\"Vice President Dhankhar expresses concern about &#8216;orchestrated, financially backed conversions&#8217; in India\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"26\">Vice President <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jagdeep-dhankhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jagdeep Dhankhar<\/a> on Sunday expressed concern over the &#8220;orchestrated, financially backed misadventures aimed at effecting conversions&#8221; taking place in the country &#8220;to secure prowess&#8221; and urged everyone to remain vigilant in thwarting them. Delivering the 4th <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/p-parameswaran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P Parameswaran<\/a> Memorial Lecture, organised by the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bharatheeya-vichara-kendra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bharatheeya Vichara Kendra<\/a>, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dhankhar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dhankhar<\/a> stated that demographic evolution should be organic and natural. However, if inorganic variations occur, &#8220;then we must be alarmed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->&#8220;Demography matters. It should not be confused with majoritarianism. We cannot have a society divided into two camps. Demographic evolution must be organic, natural, and harmonious. Only then can it reflect unity in diversity. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if demographic variations are brought about like a virtual earthquake, there is cause for concern. If inorganic demographic shifts occur with the intent of increasing a particular demographic component to secure prowess, then we must be alarmed. This is happening. This is noticeably happening,&#8221; he claimed. <\/p>\n<p>The Vice President further alleged that conversions were being carried out through various methods, including &#8220;allurements, temptations, reaching out to the needy and vulnerable, providing support, and then subtly suggesting a change of religion.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that exploiting people&#8217;s pain, difficulties, or needs as a means to pull them toward conversion was &#8220;intolerable.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>&#8220;The country allows everyone the freedom to choose their religion. This is a fundamental right, passed down through our civilisational heritage. But if this right is tampered with or manipulated, it cannot be tolerated. Greed and temptation cannot be the basis for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/religious-conversion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">religious conversion<\/a>,&#8221; he said. Dhankhar said he could not fully express the enormity of the challenge the country faced due to these &#8220;strategised, orchestrated, and financially backed misadventures aimed at effecting conversions.&#8221; Another motive behind these conversions, he claimed, was &#8220;ill intent towards the nation,&#8221; citing concerns over millions of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> and &#8220;the dangers they pose.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These individuals come in, place demands on our employment, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare<\/a>, and education sectors, and then become a factor in electoral politics. This is an urgent issue that must be addressed. We are at a cliff&#8217;s edge. Awareness must be generated. The mindset of the people must be activated. Every Bharatiya must be equipped to face this challenge. Unchecked migration is also threatening our culture. I urge everyone to courageously thwart these demographic disruptions,&#8221; he contended. <\/p>\n<p>Dhankhar further argued that these demographic changes influence election outcomes, creating &#8220;fortresses&#8221; in certain regions over the past few years. <\/p>\n<p>The Vice President asserted that addressing these challenges was not possible through policy interventions alone, as they were &#8220;existential threats to our nationalism and democracy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He concluded that the country was at a crossroads where such &#8220;highly destabilising developments&#8221; could neither be overlooked nor tolerated. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must remain extremely alert. Everyone must come together to preserve the pristine demographic sanctity of Bharat,&#8221; he urged. <\/p>\n<p>P Parameswaran was one of the senior-most &#8216;pracharaks&#8217; of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (<a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>) and a former leader of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/vice-president-dhankhar-expresses-concern-about-orchestrated-financially-backed-conversions-in-india\/articleshow\/118662548.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday expressed concern over the &#8220;orchestrated, financially backed misadventures aimed at effecting conversions&#8221; taking place in the country &#8220;to secure prowess&#8221; and urged everyone to remain vigilant in thwarting them. 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