08-23-2006, 06:58 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pastor burns the portraits of Hindu gods</b>
August 22, 2006
Source Deccan Chronicle
Mydukur, Aug. 21: Leaders of Viswa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh demanded that the police take stern action against the pastors and father of a church, who allegedly burnt the portraits of Hindu gods at Vanipenta in Kadapa district on August 18.
They threatened that they would intensify their agitation if cases were not booked against the Christians. Following a complaint by these leaders,<b> the police registered a case against the Christian pastors and father, said circle-inspector Harinatha Reddy. </b>
The activists led by RSS Zilla Pramukh T Venkateswarlu, district joint secretary B.R. Venkataramana staged a rasta roko at Mydukur on Monday. The leaders alleged that the Christian religious organisations were resorting to religious conversions for the past so many years.
They eyed several Dalitwadas for their religious conversions and as part of it, they organised a meet on August 18 and converted some Hindus into Christians. <b>On the occasion, they reportedly set fire to some portraits of Hindu gods on the premises of the church, </b>they alleged. However, Komara Venkata Ramana, Dumme Pedda Venkanna and G. Venkoji Rao of Vanipenta brought the issue to their notice, the leaders said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
August 22, 2006
Source Deccan Chronicle
Mydukur, Aug. 21: Leaders of Viswa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh demanded that the police take stern action against the pastors and father of a church, who allegedly burnt the portraits of Hindu gods at Vanipenta in Kadapa district on August 18.
They threatened that they would intensify their agitation if cases were not booked against the Christians. Following a complaint by these leaders,<b> the police registered a case against the Christian pastors and father, said circle-inspector Harinatha Reddy. </b>
The activists led by RSS Zilla Pramukh T Venkateswarlu, district joint secretary B.R. Venkataramana staged a rasta roko at Mydukur on Monday. The leaders alleged that the Christian religious organisations were resorting to religious conversions for the past so many years.
They eyed several Dalitwadas for their religious conversions and as part of it, they organised a meet on August 18 and converted some Hindus into Christians. <b>On the occasion, they reportedly set fire to some portraits of Hindu gods on the premises of the church, </b>they alleged. However, Komara Venkata Ramana, Dumme Pedda Venkanna and G. Venkoji Rao of Vanipenta brought the issue to their notice, the leaders said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->