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Ranchi, Jharkhand. In a development, hundreds of people from tribal (Adivasi/Janjati) community have reverted to Sanatan fold in Parlipos village of Goilkera block.
Around 200 people belonging to 68 families reverted to Sanatan in a Ghar Wapasi ceremony held under the 56th free health checkup camp in Goilkera. Those returned to the religion of their ancestors reportedly embraced the other religion under the influence of fake promises made by people promoting conversion.
The returnees were welcomed by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sadanand Ji Maharaj, who by offering them sacred Gangajal announced their re-integration into the religion of their ancestors. The program was organised by Vishva Kalyan Ashram.
It must be noted here that conversion of Janjatis in tribal dominated pockets of states such as Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha has been a major issue since long, with local Hindu activists often hitting the streets raising concerns over the rampant conversion in remote localities.
Conversion of Janjatis in large numbers has also fuelled a significant chunk of people from the community to demand for a de-listing exercise to delist those from the community who have embraced any other religion and are still availing the benefits of the reservation, reserved exclusively for the Janjatis.
Scores of such rallies have been organised in the tribal pockets of the aforementioned states in the last few years, underscoring the growing resentment among the Janjatis over conversion.
