Guwahati: The Constitution does not confer the right to convert people from one faith to the other through inducement and allurement, chief minister H.
In a significant statement on religious conversions in the northeast, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said there is a trend of religious conversions observed among many of the indigenous and tribal communities.
Sarma on Sunday attended a function held at the Guwahati to distribute grants-in-aid of Rs 10 lakh each to 18 organisations working in the field of indigenous and tribal faith and culture, Rs 5 lakh each to 73 places of worship related to indigenous and tribal beliefs and an amount of Rs 2 crore to the Garchuk-based All Bathou Mahasabha.