Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that the main plank of the Narendra Modi government is good governance and development, and not religious conversions, as some friends in the opposition are making it out Union communication and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that there should be a law on religious conversions in the country.

Speaking a day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement on the issue the minister said that the approach of opposition on religious conversions was dictated by rank politics. Ravi Shankar said the government wanted a consensus on religious conversions, but the opposition was running away even from a debate on the issue.

Indirectly referring to Nitish Kumar’s statement on ‘ghar wapsi’ he said some opposition leaders of Bihar, who have been repeatedly rejected by the people, are again trying to raise the emotive issue of religious conversions, but they would be left disappointed by the people.

The minister, who is a senior lawyer too, said, according to the constitutional scheme on religious conversions everyone is free to pursue any religion but without allurement.

Quoting Article 25 of Constitution he said everyone is equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion, but does not include a right to forcible conversions.