ACCR chairman Reverend AK Ekka (centre) with other members in Ranchi on Thursday. Ekka, Census figures show that the Christian population in Jharkhand was 4.10 per cent of the total population in 2001, after the state was born, and 4.30 in 2011. Across India, Christians comprised 2.34 per cent of the total population in 2001 and 2.30 per cent in 2011. "If these are the kind of growth figures, where are the forcible conversions that the government has alleged missionaries have conducted?" The state government again seeks to remove social impact assessment violating the PESA and forest Acts," he said.

Source: The Telegraph September 14, 2017 20:55 UTC