Wrong and Forceful Religious Conversion needs a Stringent Law : Arvind Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions. He also added that nobody should be wrongfully harassed by the misuse of such laws if they are made.

Kejriwal made this statement while he was addressing a session for traders and industrialists in Jalandhar. From the crowd, a trader asked him what was his take on the forceful religious conversion across the nation, to which Mr Kejriwal have the said statement.

He said that, “Everybody has a right to worship as per their choice but conversions done by scaring or through any offering is totally wrong. A law should definitely be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed after the passage of the law.” He also cricticized the Shiromani Akali Dal for doing Dirty Politics on the issue.