BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has had a history of provocative utterances, even before he fought his first Lok Sabha election in 2019.
And on Saturday, Surya gave plenty of fodder for his critics as he argued for political power for Hindu society and advocated reconversion of people who left Hinduism, including those who were in Pakistan.
Surya made the remarks at a programme at the Sri Krishna Mutt in Karnataka's Udupi district on Saturday.
“Those who have converted… everyday their population is going up. We have all discussed this. If we want Hindu culture to remain, Hindu society must remain. Hindu society must have political power. Political power is decided by numerical strength. During delimitation, we see that half the population is them and half us. It’s a hare-brained solution. Delimitation may postpone this problem by five or 10 years, but can’t find a solution,” Surya was quoted as saying by News 18.
Surya even called on temples and Mutts to have “yearly targets” to reconvert people to Hinduism. “Only option left for the Hindus is to reconvert all those people who have gone out of the Hindu fold. Those who left this religion for socio, political, economic reasons over the course of history and forced to go out of the fold must be brought back. I appeal that every temple and every mutt must have yearly targets to bring back people to Hindu faith,” Surya was quoted as saying by News 18.
Surya also referred to the need to reconvert people in Pakistan, saying “Those who had converted in today’s Pakistan, it is our duty to reconvert them back to Hinduism. That’s when we will have geographical Pakistan back. This may seem impossible today. But some time ago, removing Article 370 and building Ram Mandir too seemed impossible.”
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Surya even called for reconverting Buddhists in China and Japan.
“Those who went to Pakistan after conversion should be brought back to Hinduism. Those who got converted to Buddhism and went to China and Japan should be brought back to Hinduism. We should do this on Tipu Jayanti itself. Due to the sword of Tipu, many religious conversions have taken place. Nothing is impossible. We should start Ghar Wapsi in our nearby villages and towns. We should nurture big dreams of making this a Hindu country,” Surya was quoted as saying by Daiji World, a news outlet that covers coastal Karnataka extensively.