@SrNair Regarding Missionaries, I agree with you Let me tell the situation in AP from 2004-2014
In the last 11 Years.
Many people haven't converted because they wanted Jesus or that missionary nonsense. They converted for the facilities the missionaries were offering them & what the govt. wasn't :- the right to use schools, hospitals,money to pay for the treatment of their family members have better houses, moremoney etc.
[YSR very conveniently didn't do any development for the people, all to aid the missionaries]
And when the converts become the majority in a village or they convince the landlords to convert, it becomes worse for the Hindus in the village
I have read news reports(Telugu) of a family saying they converted so that they could get money to treat their son who was dying..
I have also seen ads from Sakshi(a paper owned by YSR's son Jagan) where missionaries are offering free surgeries+freebies for those who convert to Christianity & attend church for 1 month
Add to that the Government (Centre & state)under YSR(who is himself a Christian) actively encouraged them.. In fact under YSR they had the guts to target the 7 Hillocks of Tirumala Hills(the abode of Tirupati Balaji) where they wanted to build a church.
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Evangelism rocks Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) again | IndiaFactsIndiaFacts
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Evangelist Arrested for Proselytising on Tirumala -The New Indian Express
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TTSS condemns ‘evangelism at Tirumala’ - The Hindu
This is happening NOW, So you can imagine how bad it was a few years back
YSR's Son in Law himself is a MIssionary!!![
Check this "miracle" of his :-
Some 10-15% of AP (Seema-Andhra) has converted to Christianity.. A large part of this entire section voted for YSRCP on the orders of the padre/priests. I heard that in some areas they forced TDP Christian supporters to swear on their Family members & the bible that they would vote for YSRCP.
& even after YSR's death with the approval of Sonia Gandhi & many other Christians in the Congress, they continued their work. After the victory of Modi & CBN, they lost govt. patronage & it comes till today
Many Missionary groups in AP & TG have been banned from working in India. Some 1141 of them if I'm not wrong.
Add to that they are having problems in obtaining funds due to the strict steps being taken by the govt. which is monitoring the flow of money from abroad to NGOs.
Also Dharmic groups have found their spirit & are actively involved in ghar wapasi programs across both states.
When YSR was around they received a thrashing from all sides & were tightly monitored to make sure they didn't pose any problems for the missionaries..
But now he is gone
Thousands are reconverting to Hinduism,.. it's not enough seeing the conversions that have taken place the last few years.
But it's a fantastic achievement seeing how inactive these groups were the last 10 years
& people are now reconverting because they have realised the lies of the missionaries. Also now the govt. instead of the missionaries(who lack money) will work towards development & giving them proper facilities
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And the lesser they depend upon the missionaries & the more development that happens, people will reconvert in large numbers with the ghar wapasi programs which are going on.
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