Daijiworld Media Network – Bhopal

Bhopal, Nov 16: Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar has stirred a major controversy after calling 19th-century social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy a “British agent” and accusing him of aiding religious conversions.

Speaking at a Birsa Munda Jayanti event in Agar Malwa, Parmar alleged that the British had created “fake social reformers” to push their agenda, naming Roy among them.

“Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a British agent. He worked as their broker in the country. There was a vicious cycle of religious conversions that he started,” Parmar said, adding that only Birsa Munda had the courage to resist it and protect tribal society.

Parmar further claimed that missionary schools in the British era acted as hubs for conversions. He said

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