Union Minister Vijay Sampla on Sunday sought strict law that will be deterrent to religious conversions by way of force or monetary consideration.
“There should be a stringent law to ban religious conversions by fraud, force or monetary consideration,” said Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, who was in ludhiana to launch a calendar published by the party’s SC Morcha. Sampla called for support of all political parties saying that the presence of a strict law will be deterrent for such conversions. Also the BJP MP from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, Sampla said that after the formation of BJP Government at the Centre, the situation at international borders along India had considerably improved.
“When the UPA was in power at the Centre, there were frequent incursions at the border and a large number of ceasefire violations took place. But now, our Government is strong enough to give befitting reply for any misadventure at the borders,” he said. He described the reports of difference between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP in Punjab as ‘media creation’ and said that both the parties would contest the next Assembly polls jointly. Asked about summoning of Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a drug case, Sampla said that mere summons or questioning did not mean that one was involved in the wrongdoing. “If anybody has done wrong, he or she should be punished,” he said adding, “wait till the enquiry is completed”.