4-day event to be held by Christian leaders in Tapi faces objection

In its memorandum, tribal outfit Dev Birsa Sena stated,   “A bulk of the residents of Tapi territory are tribals and those who had been converted to Christianity are not recovered connected the authorities records. If determination are nary Christian tribals (as per the authorities records), than wherefore specified a spiritual lawsuit of Christian has been organised successful Patharda and Ghoda villages?…We person travel to cognize galore guiltless tribals pursuing Hinduism oregon worship Nature God are apt to beryllium converted to Christianity by luring them with antithetic benefits.”

Jignesh Gamit, Dev Birsa Sena caput of Tapi district, said, “Our contented is that those tribals who had converted into Christianity should officially amusement themselves arsenic Christians connected authorities records. If they are not Christians, past wherefore is specified an lawsuit being organised?”

Meanwhile, lawsuit organising committee subordinate Ashok Gamit said, “We regularly organise specified events successful November each year. The motive is to bring each members of our assemblage unneurotic astatine 1 place. Religious preachers from antithetic parts of the state volition travel and present their preachings to the public.  We are not forcing anybody to travel but if they willingly come, we volition not halt them. No spiritual conversion volition happen. We volition question constabulary support for the event.”