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Hindutva push: Anti-conversion bills in Manipur and Assam next?

Manipur's population rose 24% while Christian population increased by 60% in 2001-2011

RSS swayamsevaks taking out Path Sanchalan (route march) in the new uniform on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami  celebration in Nagpur, Maharashtra (PTI Photo)
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RSS swayamsevaks taking out Path Sanchalan (route march) in the new uniform on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami celebration in Nagpur, Maharashtra (PTI Photo)

Sai Manish
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Jharkhand drafted an anti-conversion bill, some other states in the North-East where the BJP has comfortable majorities to ensure their passage and pliable governments to oversee their implementation may follow suit.
 
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had in the past flagged issues regarding coercive conversions in Manipur and Assam. A senior RSS functionary based in Nagpur said, “Forcible religious conversion cannot be tolerated wherever it is happening in the country. More efforts need to made in this direction and we will continue to do what we have been doing in the past. The