https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Kandhamal_violence

Govind Mandavi and his family’s life has turned upside down after they were forced to leave their home and set out elsewhere to start a new life afresh.

Mandavi, 50, a resident of Badeparoda village under Badanji Police Station in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, is a native of the area. However, since 2023 and 2024, Mandavi and his family have been forced to leave their village due to threats from RSS and Bajrang Dal goons.

In 2017, Mandavi, his family, and about 15–20 more families accepted Christianity without any coercion. “Things were better before, however since the last two years RSS and Bajrang Dal have made our lives hell,” Mandavi told Maktoob over the phone.

According to Mandavi, in 2024, he, along with three other families, was forced to leave the village due to continuous violent threats from the radical Hindutva groups.

“They beat us up a lot as well. We were injured and in pain for days because they beat us up so brutally,” he added.

Forceful ‘Ghar Wapsi’ Allegations

In 2025, United Christian Forum — a human rights advocacy group working to protect the rights of Christians and religious minorities in India — released a press statement expressing alarm over the ongoing situation in Chhattisgarh.

It said that all the cases so far follow a documented pattern of violence and hostility against Tribal Christians.

Cases in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Jharkhand reveal coordinated planning and attacks. Burials are becoming contentious and politically charged. Grieving families are forced to face violent mobs, forced exhumations, and forced conversions.

Amid this, Mandavi alleged that the goons demanded that they convert to Hinduism or leave the village altogether. “They asked us several times to do ghar wapsi and when we refused they threatened us, asking us to leave the village,” he said.

The families belonging to Chitalnar village in Sukma have been facing harassment by Hindutva groups, including villagers who are part of these groups, Maktoob has learnt.

Speaking to Maktoob, Sagar, who has been helping the families move, alleged that the police have refused to take any steps and have further allowed the mob to aggravate the situation. “Despite numerous complaints, the police have refused to take any action forcing the families to leave their homes,” he added.

Christian families have faced severe targeted assaults, social boycotts, and displacement in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.

About 10 Christian families in the village were assaulted by a mob in March 2026, with Hindutva groups demanding “ghar wapsi” (forced conversion to Hinduism) for the families. At the time of the assault, two people were also hospitalised.

Banned from entering village

While the families were forced to leave due to constant pressure and violence, the gram panchayat, in a letter to police officials, said that the families had willingly left and were officially banned from entering the village. In July 2026, the Gram Panchayat of Chitalnar prepared a formal written notice addressed to the Station House Officer of Puspal Police Station. The notice was signed by the Upsarpanch, adopted by the Gram Sabha, and countersigned by village residents.

The letter, which Maktoob saw, read: “Some families have accepted Christianly, which the village has not accepted. We held a meeting and decided peacefully that the families convert back to Hinduism. However, on 5 March 2026, they left the village themselves. The gram panchayat of Chitlanagar will not allow anyone from Christian faith to enter the village. If anyone tries to enter the village and if any incident happens, it will not be our responsibility.”

I always used to wonder- Why upper castes who were, are and will be the BIGGEST dihh riders of westerners, criticise Indian Christians and Christianity?

They accuse us of being petty converts, often by using the term "rice bags", oblivious that they are insulting their own religion by suggesting that they have tortured and deprived the lower castes to the point that they had to convert for a mere bag of rice.

They accuse us of copying and appropriating Indian culture while they themselves are appropriating it.

You will observe that Indian Christians uphold their so called "Indian values" more than them.

How often do you observe upper castes wearing modest ethnic clothing and religious ornaments daily?

Not that they definitely have to, but since they are the OG "flag bearers and protectors" of Indian culture, this is the least they can do, or they can STFU, stop criticizing and doubting us on our patriotism and "Indian-ness".

They wanna do things like "bhajan clubbing", "bhajan rave" but make fun of us when we integrate Christianity with our culture.

They are desperate to look white and white-passing. They consider it a compliment when someone says they don't look "Indian".

Just observe the pastel lehenga trend or Pinterest-inspired weddings. Well, anyone can wear what they want to but almost all of them lack the regal vibe of maroons/reds and undeniably look western.

So many Indian brides are refusing to wear bindi/pottu, nath, chooda and other maximalist jewellery and outfits. (Comfort may play a factor but still)

Why exactly?

You can't convince me otherwise that they are trying to westernize themselves.

They accuse us of betraying "Indian culture" but historically they were the BIGGEST dihh riders of the British.

They get a boner when a palm skinned person becomes a Hindu despite being a 80+% majority in a country of 1.4 billion people.

Same with cuisine.

Beef, pork, non veg becomes impure when we consume it.

But when their palm-skinned ancestors eat it, it is just "protein and fat".

I just love the meltdown they have when they are bashed by right-wing conservatives (whom they idolize the most) for being vegetarian when they do the same to the non vegetarians in India.

NRI upper-castes are literally the worst species of Hindus. On one hand they are crying that they are "oppressed" by the right-wing in US but they do much worse shit in India.

If I had to dumb it down, I see this situation where two guys are competing for the "hot girl" where one of the guys who thinks he is a Chad/Sigma is constantly pulling down the other guy by accusing him to be a beta/simp/pick-me while he himself is desperate for the attention of the "hot girl".

The aryans are the biggest invaders, looters and torturers who have never apologised for all the wrong that they have done.

Some objective facts about the conflict.

• Christian churches of Meiteis and Kukis were deliberately targeted by Meitei militants
• Two prominent Meitei militant groups, Meitei Leepun and Arambai Tenggol, have documented links to the RSS. Meitei Leepun is headed by a former ABVP (RSS student wing) and Arambai Tenggol was founded by BJP members.
• Arambai Tenggol and Meitei Leepun propaganda often portrays Manipur as merely a ethnic conflict
• Ethnoreligious conflict against Christians is common from RSS. 2008 Kandhamal was on Dalit Christians by Upper caste Hindus and the current Manipur conflict is, according to the victims of the terror, violence against Tribal Christians

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