ICC Note:

Yoga guru and BJP supporter Baba Ramdev slammed Christianity’s charitable history in India by saying that Christian charities were focused on converting people to Christianity. This is just the latest attack on Christianity’s history in India. In July, a BJP leader attacked Mother Teresa by saying she was part of a conspiracy to “Christianize India” and her work led to separatist movements in India’s northeast. Since taking power in 2014, the BJP and its supporters have attacked Christianity’s place in India by painting it as a foreign religion that disrupts India’s majority Hindu culture.    

8/4/2016 India (The Indian Express) – Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Tuesday said Christians did charity but also indulged in conversions while Hindus refrained from such practice.

“They do service — run schools, colleges and hospitals, and with that they also convert. We do service including teaching yoga free of cost. But we have not changed anybody’s religion but only their lives,” he claimed while speaking at the inauguration of 8th Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2016 here.

He said people were often told to learn charity from Christians but lakhs of Hindu sadhus and charitable trusts were also offering such services. He also rejected suggestions that Hinduism discriminated against anybody, especially the Dalits.

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