D. Raja dubs VHP's move to re-convert Christians 'provocative'

Expressing concern over the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) move to re-convert Christians in Gujarat as 'provocative', Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja on Sunday said that such acts amount to an affront against the Constitutional framework of our system and governance.

"This is again another provocative action by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. It is not just one incident, these are all things happening in co-ordination," Raja told ANI here.

Expressing concern over the re-conversion in Gujarat, the CPI leader said that such acts was part of a sinister design to insult the Constitutional system of governance in our country.

"I do not think what RSS chief is saying is an isolated thing, or the VHP is doing is an isolated thing. These are all part of a sinister design which is in a way affront to the Constitutional system of governance in our country," he said.

"On the one hand they talk about good governance, on the other hand they do what all they can do to destroy the Constitutional framework of our system and governance," he added.

According to reports, on Saturday Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) re-converted over 200 tribal Christians in its drive to bring them back to Hinduism fold by holding rituals at Aranai village in Valsad district in Gujarat.