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Who was Dilip Singh Judeo, the champion of ‘ghar wapsi’ in Chhattisgarh, whose statue Mohan Bhagwat will unveil?
FirstpostRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will unveil the statue of former Union minister Dilip Singh Judeo in Chhattisgarh today. Born into the erstwhile royal family of Jashpur, the BJP leader is known for the controversial ‘ghar wapsi’ campaign in the state, where tribals were ‘reconverted’ to Hinduism Nine years after his death, Chhattisgarh will get the statue of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo. The champion of ‘ghar wapsi’ According to his Lok Sabha profile, Judeo worked toward “tribal upliftment, preservation of Hindu temples and shrines, checking tribal conversion, and Ghar Wapsi programme of Hindus. Judeo’s legacy While he faced a lot of criticism for “ghar wapsi”, it played a key role in cementing BJP’s position in Chhattisgarh.
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