"The constitution has given rights to each and everybody to select their religion according to his own will," the senior Congress leader said.
"If a Muslim is converted to Hinduism, then it is called 'ghar wapsi', but why it is called conversion, when a Hindu converts to Islam," Singh said.
He criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government for not bringing "achche din".
"My feedback from Surat. Sales are down. Traders' said, Sir it is a recession here. Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) are you listening? Achche din (good days) have not yet come," Singh tweeted about his visit to Surat later.
"Wherever I go, to know the status of economy in the country, I always ask jewellers and cloth merchants how the economy is doing. It (Surat) also has a flourishing textile industry with six lakhs looms mostly in the Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. Most of the labourers are migrants from all over India," Singh tweeted.
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