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Forced
conversion of Hindu women in Pakistan: BJP corners government
Wednesday May 02, 2012 03:21:43 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The government will make a statement on the alleged forcible
conversion of Hindu women in Pakistan, Home Minister P.
Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha Wednesday after the BJP raised the
issue.
Responding to the concerns raised by Murli Manohar Joshi,
Chidambaram said he would consult Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna before making a
statement.
Speaking during Zero Hour, Joshi alleged that Hindu women were
being kidnapped in Pakistan and forced to convert to Islam.
Terming it as "cultural genocide," he accused Chidambaram and
Krishna of being "totally silent", adding that they were not
taking the matter seriously.
Joshi said neither the prime minister nor the external affairs
minister raised the issue during their meetings with Pakistani
leaders.
He said 90 percent of Pakistan's Hindus lived in Sindh and young
Hindu women had to suffer kidnapping, rape and forced conversion.
"If they get relief from courts, they are threatened," he said.
Citing reports, he said 25 women met this "misfortune" every
month.
Joshi said atrocities against women of the minority community was
not an internal matter of Pakistan since it involved religious
prosecution.
Calling Pakistan a "theocratic state," Joshi said that religious
prosecution of a minority community in Pakistan was not acceptable
to the BJP.
He also slammed the government for "not raising" the matter in the
international fora.
"Will you raise it in international fora? How long should cultural
genocide be tolerated?" he said.
Joshi also sought assurance from the government that it would
stand by the victims and work towards stopping the atrocities.
He was joined by other BJP leaders demanding an assurance from the
government.
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