Delhi Police questions AAP leader Rajendra Pal over conversion row

The Delhi police said that AAP leader and MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam who is at the centre of the conversion event have been issued a notice to answer a few questions adding that FIR will be registered only if any cognizable offence is madeHe has been called for an inquiry in connection with an event that took place in Ambedkar Bhavan and for which a complaint was received Its a normal inquiry Lets see what comes out of it said DCP of Central district Shweta Chauhan on the notice that was sent to Gautam to appear for inquiry at 2 pm todayShe further added that he was not questioned yesterday and was only served a notice to come down to Police Station to answer a few questionsAs of now it is at the inquiry stage If any cognizable offence is made FIR will be registered she saidIn the purported viral video Gautam was seen along with hundreds of people taking an oath Purportedly the person on the microphone leads the oath with We will not believe in Brahma Vishnu Mahesh GauriGanesh as Gods and will never pray to them I will not consider Ram and Krishna as Gods and will never I will not pray to Gauri Ganpati etc or any other Hindu religious Gods and goddessesThis video of organizing Ghar Wapsi in Buddhism program in Delhi on October 5 under the banner of Mission Jai Bhim was shared on Rajendra Pal Gautams Facebook pageAccording to the officials a police team went to Gautams house on Monday where he was questioned regarding the matterAlso Read Uttar Pradesh Mob lynches man injures another over suspicion of being thievesA senior police officer on Monday said that Gautam was asked to appear so that he can be questioned to ascertain the sequence of incidents and verify facts related to the gathering and their conversion to BuddhismHowever on Friday Gautam termed this as false propaganda He also told reporters that the vows taken at the event to not worship Hindu gods and goddesses were originally taken by BR Ambedkar in 1956The same evening Friday Gautam accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP of spreading false narratives against him and alleged that only a portion of his speech was being circulated in social media by the BJPNotably Gautam resigned as AAP minister on Sunday following a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior party leadersTaking to Twitter Gautam announced his resignation typed on his letterhead on Sunday and said Today I have been freed from many shackles and been born again Now I will continue to fight for rights and atrocities on the society more firmly without any restrictionsHowever the letter was not addressed to anyone in particularThe AAP leader in his letter wrote that the BJP has been targeting several sections of society for political gains and he cannot be a mute spectator to that However he does not want his actions to cause any inconvenience to the party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind KejriwalThe AAP minister also claimed that the same oath was taken by Babasaheb Ambedkar when he converted to Buddhism and said We have repeated the same pledge On October 14 1956 when Baba Saheb adopted Buddhism he made 22 vows which we have also taken in the oath Watch the full video BJP is running it by truncating it for its own benefit BJP will do anything but make its vote clearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever