It seems that, for all our talk of freedom, curbing it still seems to be the way to go. The RSS has planned a mass conversion of 1000 Muslim and 4000 Christian families into Hinduism. Ironically, the 'Ghar Wapsi' (returning home) programme is scheduled to take place on Christmas this year. Organizers claim that this event, to be held in Aligarh, will be one of the biggest conversion programmes, ever. Interestingly, there has been a call to ban conversions in Parliament. "Let there be anti-conversion laws in all the states and at the Centre also," Parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said at the end of a three- hour discussion in the Lok Sabha on "conversion by inducement", as reported by The Hindu
These families will be educated about the Hindu ways of worship. They will be distributed pictures of Hindu deities. To ensure purity, a havan anushtaan will be organised and the ceremony will be marked with the customary use of Ganga jal.