Rashid, who is now Vikas, said that they were Hindu earlier but his parents had converted to Islam. Rashid, his wife and their 4 children have now come back to Hinduism.
The union government in a reply to a question asked in the Parliament said that no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu, the Sikh or the Buddhist religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste
Speaking at the event, Mercy Senthil Kumar claimed that she was at the event to give a voice to the death of Pastor Stan Lourduswamy, who, according to her, had dedicated his entire life to the service of people.
In January 2020, the Hindu legal-activist group - Legal Rights Protection Forum and SC-ST Rights Forum, a non-profit legal activism organization working in the area of Dalit rights, had written a letter to National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) over rampant forced conversions activities by the Christian missionaries and Church.
During a meeting of the Senate parliamentary committee on minorities' rights, Noorul Haq Qadri said the government does not support a restriction on religious conversion before 18 years of age.