New Delhi, Dec 16, 2014 :
The proposed mass conversion scheduled to be held on December 25 in Aligarh by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) offshoot Dharam Jagran Samiti (DJS) has been called off, sources said on Tuesday.
The exact reasons behind the calling off of conversion are not known but the sources said the move comes after the Aligarh district administration warned DJS, a western Uttar Pradesh-based Hindutva group, that it will now the conversion programme to be held.
Minority communities had also voiced concern over the RSS offshoot's proposed programme and had expressed apprehension that if DJS was allowed to go ahead with its programme, then it might result in law and order problem.
The district administration asked DJS to call off the conversion drive. Though DJS had earlier had earlier said it would go ahead with its reconversion programme on December 25, it seems they have been made to do a rethink.
The district administration had said the proposed mass conversion will not be allowed under "any circumstance" and clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in the city. "Under no circumstances will we allow the proposed mass conversation programme slated for December 25," DIG of Aligarh Zone Amit Agarwal had said.
He said, "The so-called 'ghar waapsi' programme organized by the Dharam Jagran Samiti can become a law and order issue for the state and irrespective of the finer details of this event it cannot be allowed to be held."
