On 8 December 2014, Hindu nationalist groups affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were reported to have converted 100 – 250 Muslims to Hinduism in Agra.
[2][3] Dharam Jagaran Samiti ("Religious awakening committee"), a Hindu activist group affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and part of its family of organisations Sangh Parivar, runs a programme called ghar wapasi ("homecoming"), whose objective is to "reconvert" Muslims and Christians in India.
The 8 December conversion programme was also joined by the Agra based activists of Dharam Jagaran Samiti and the Bajrang Dal, a ceremony was performed that lasted a few hours.
[4] The Agra Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Dharam Jagaran Samiti and its convener in the State Nand Kishore Valmiki, and launched an investigation.
[10] The Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission, which visited Agra on a fact-finding mission, has stated that the conversion programme was an "act of fraud.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to have told the party parliamentarians to keep the development agenda in focus and not cross the "Lakshman rekha" (line in the sand) regarding the issue of conversions.
[16] The Dharam Jagaran Samiti has postponed its programme scheduled for the Christmas day, reportedly on orders from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
[13] A Muslim cleric, Salim Ahmed, who heads the Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC), speaking at a programme of the organisation attended by 1,500 people, said that he would wage a war against the country if incidents of religious conversions were not checked.
"[1] It confirmed the reports that the Hindu Jagaran Samiti had lured the Muslim families with the promise of houses offered by the national government.
It misled them into thinking that the religious sacrificial ceremony was the beginning of the process, but announced the next day that the Muslims had converted to Hinduism.