"An aggressive campaign by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad had led to a ban on the entry ...by non-Hindu missionaries, especially Christians, in more than 50 villages of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in the last six months.
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According to Suresh Yadav, Bastar district president of the VHP, over 50 gram panchayats in Bastar have passed orders under Section 129 (G) of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Act banning all “non-Hindu religious propaganda, prayers and speeches in the villages.”
In Sirisguda, the dispute started when Christian families refused donations for an annual Hindu religious festival.
In the recent past, some Christians were allegedly attacked in the village and have been denied ration on the orders of the village panchayat.
“It’s been over two months now that we have been denied ration in the village and 10 Christians were attacked when they went to collect ration,” claimed Sonuru Mandavi, whose family converted to Christianity in 2002. " TheHindu.com
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you,
and when they shall separate you from their company,
and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil,
for the Son of man's sake.
Luke 6:22
"The influential newspaper Times of India (TOI) said 50-year-old Shelly Louise Deeds, a nurse from Pennsylvania, her daughter Katelyn Heather Deeds, 15, and Diane Gean Harrington, a teacher at Wisconsin, were "asked to leave" the country after Hindu organizations "complained" they "tried to convert poor families" in India's southern state of Kerala.
Indian police acknowledged there was no evidence the Christian tourists participated in proselytizing, but said they asked them to leave because the women "violated" visa regulations by trying to attend a prayer meeting." WorthyNews
