BJP has advocated for amendment of the constitution to check large scale religious conversions allegedly being carried out by foreign forces through inducements.

"There is a need to check large scale religious conversion being carried out in the country through inducements by incorporating the provision of embracing any faith before a competent authority...there is a need for a law which would give freedom to people to choose their religion," BJP president Rajnath Singh said yesterday.

The country is facing lot of threats from within and outside and foreign forces are indulged in large scale religious conversion in the country with an aim to finish India's strength of embracing all faiths of the world, he said while addressing the 'Amrit Mahotsav' of senior BJP leader Kailash Narayan Sarang here.

Singh said nearly 30 per cent population were converted in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North Eastern states mainly through inducements, thereby threatening the demographic profile of the nation.

Those opposing Ram Sethu or Amarnath Shrine Board land issue were also not successful in their designs because of the nationalist fervour of these leaders, he added. Citing examples of Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and North Eastern states, Singh said that nearly 30 per cent population were converted in those states mainly through inducements, thereby threatening the demographic profile of the nation.

Praising Sarang, the BJP President said that leaders like him and late Kushabhau Thakare have toiled hard in establishing the party. Recalling his association with Sarang, Singh, who is also the Congress General Secretary revealed that late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia had given the task to Sarang to ensure that he (Singh) should join Jansangh.

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