New Delhi, December 14: BJP member Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday demanded that the Centre bring in provisions to deny reservation benefits to the members of the Scheduled Tribes who convert to other religions.

Raising the issue of religious conversion During Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, he claimed without naming any one that members of the Scheduled Tribes are misled and converted to other religions. Gujarat: 2 Held for Forced Religious Conversion and Demanding Rs 25 Lakh Extortion Money From Hindu Family.

“The centre has submitted before the Supreme Court that reservation (benefits) will not be extended to the members of the Scheduled Castes who have converted to other religions, especially Islam and Christianity,” Dubey. The same system should also be applicable in case of the members of the Scheduled Tribes converting to other religions, he said. Madhya Pradesh: Ruckus in Missionary School Over ‘Religious Conversion’; Rioting Case Filed.

“They (scheduled tribes) should not get reservation (benefits),” he added. The members of the Scheduled Tribes are being converted “at a large scale in Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and the North East”, Dubey claimed, without taking names.

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