The popular activist Anshul Saxena started trending on Twitter in the wee hours of Saturday, September 11. Social media users pointed out how Saxena was being targeted by the missionary for flagging off the issue of a minor boy being used for conversion activities by a Christian Pastor named Prophet Bajinder.
After #IStandWithAnshulSaxena started appearing on Twitter, activist Anshul Saxena released a statement on the affair related to missionary and pastor Bajinder Singh. Thanking people for giving him immense support, Saxena said he was the target of the powerful missionary ecosystem for reporting the issue.
It can be noted that both Saxena and NCPCR had called for an investigation and action against the Christian pastor for the use of an underage boy in his proselytizing activities, and they had considered the child to be a victim. Saxena had transmitted the now-infamous video “Mera Yeshu Yeshu” to the National Commission for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (NCPCR). The NCPCR, in turn, wrote to the deputy commissioner of Chandigarh asking for action against a Christian pastor for using an underage boy for conversion activities.
Releasing a statement on the episode, Anshul Saxena described the timeline of events leading up to the filing of a counter-FIR against Anshul Saxena on behalf of the underage boy, presumably at the request of the pastor as a defense mechanism.
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