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Delegates participating in ISKCON’s ‘Janajati Sammelan’ in Mayapur highlight foreign missionaries’ role in erosion of tribal culture

Amid allegations from the Adibasi Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (AVKA), an organisation ideologically aligned with the BJP, that foreign missionary groups are actively converting tribal communities across Bengal and other parts of India, the three-day Janajati Sammelan (Tribal Convention) at ISKCON’s headquarters in Sri Dham Mayapur became a platform for voicing concerns against such activities.

Amit Shah’s Bengal tour planned in March-end postponed

A scheduled tour of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to West Bengal to take stock of the organisational setup of BJP in the state has been postponed for some time, according to the party’s state president and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar.