RSS has made quiet but rapid inroads in NE:
-“About sixty families used to convert to the indigenous Hindu faiths from Christianity in the past annually in the Khasi Hills. But that number has significantly increased. Over 500 families have undergone ‘Ghar Wapsi (reconversions)’ in the last five years in the hills,” Abhijit Majumdar has quoted the RSS functionaries in Meghalaya in ‘India’s New Right: Powering the Current Wave of Nationalism and Civilisational Revival’.
-Majumder has quoted the RSS functionaries in the book saying that Meghalaya is currently in the grip of nationalism with foremost issue being the illegal influx of the Bangladeshi Muslims. “One of the main concerns shared by Hindus and Christians alike in Meghalaya is the illegal Muslim settlers from Bangladesh. Even the churches are openly discussing the issue,” Plielad Khongtiang, a BJP worker, told Majumder.
-The author quoted Nikelson Khongmawloh from the Pynter village in the Khasi Hills that “forty Christian families underwent reconversions in Mawngap in the East Khasi Hills. This occurred during a programme organised by the Lympung Sengkhihlang, which manages the Seng Khasi and Seiraij organisations”. Such outfits are the fronts of the RSS affiliates in the hills, wrote the author.
-The author attributed the rise of nationalism in the hills among the tribes to the growing popularity of the RSS worker Rijoy Sing Khongshah, who was allegedly killed in 2001. “Thanks to Rijoy, nearly every village in the Khasi Hills now has an RSS activist,” wrote Majumder in the book.
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lif...istians-into-hindu-faith-in-meghalaya-1837013
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