Govt’s controversial ad on conversion draws flak

Ranchi | Sunday | 13th August, 2017

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He said, "This advertisement has a very dangerous motive - to instil fear among Christians and other minority communities. This advertisement has been published with mala fide intentions of creating divisions within the society and minority communities. The controversial advertisement, quoting, Mahatma Gandhi, said tribals "did not convert to Christianity for Jesus but for food".P P Verma, social activist and convener of JSM, called the advertisement an "attack on minority communities". Ranchi: Members of various social outfits, including the Jharkhand Sadbhavna Manch, demanded an apology from the state government for its full-page advertisement on religious conversion published in local dailies on Friday. While the government is quoting Gandhi on religious conversion, contrary to the advice by the father of the nation on shunning alcoholism the state government has started selling liquor recently..