Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Adil Bhat & Richard Kujur
00:16 Durree Vetti | Christian from Bastar
00:52 Raja Ram Todem | BJP leader and former legislator
01:48 Courtesy: Ramesh Baghel
02:10 Ramesh Baghel | Pastor's son
02:48 Bhupendra Khor | Pastor, Progressive Christian Alliance
03:50  Raja Ram Todem | BJP leader and former legislator

Script:

00:01 - 00:11
These Hindu nationalists are on a mission.
They’re on their way to meet a local man who converted to Christianity some years ago – and they’re determined to undo it.

00:11 - 00:14  (Please Voice it )
ATMO (Hindi)
+++Raja Ram Todem, BJP leader and Former Legislator+++
“Why did you leave your Hindu faith to become a Christian”?+++

00:14- 00:22
+++ Durree Vetti, Christian from Bastar+++
“I was very sick. Christian missionaries came here and stayed for a few days to treat me. That’s when I became a Christian”+++

00:22 - 00:32
Durree Vetti belongs to India’s Adivasi community – many of whom live as Christians – and they’re a thorn in the eye of Hindu nationalists. 

00:33 - 00:44
Durree tells us off camera that today’s visit isn’t the first by right-wing Hindu groups. He says he’s faced pressure for months to return to what THEY call his ‘original faith’. 

00:46 - 1:04 
SOT
+++Raja Todem, local BJP leader ( Hindi)+++
“We oppose conversion to Christianity. If people convert to Christianity, then in such a situation, our ancestral traditions, our gods and goddesses, our land, will be ruined. And after our culture is destroyed, we won't be able to live in that condition.”+++

1:06 - 1:18
So the local politician and his men are taking action. The group say they’ve converted a dozen Christian families to Hinduism in the past month - and they’re patrolling remote villages on the lookout for more. 

1:21 - 1:36
It’s part of a wider crackdown on religious freedom in this part of India – as the son of a late Christian pastor can attest.

When Ramesh Baghel lost his father last year, he made arrangements to bury him in the village cemetery, like all his ancestors.

1:38 - 1:52 
But on the day, he says, villagers and local authorities blocked the funeral. They even restrained him from burying his father on his privately owned land. 
Ramesh appealed to local authorities – and even went to court.

1:53 – 1:59  
+++ Ramesh Baghel, Son of the pastor +++ 
“I beg you. Please give me some place to bury my father.”+++

2:01 - 2:09
But it was to no avail. Today, Ramesh’s father lies buried 25 kilometers away from his ancestral home. 

2:09 - 2:34
+++ Ramesh Baghel, Son of Pastor ( Hindi)+++ 
All of this is happening because of this campaign to make India a Hindu nation. Several Hindu priests have visited our state and openly urged our chief minister to close down churches here. They speak about it openly. It’s clear that the BJP government always supports those who promote this kind of ideology.+++ 

2:37- 2:43
The current crackdown on Christians is concerning, And NEW, says the pastor of the region’s oldest church.

2:45 - 3:06
+++ Pastor Bhupendra Khor, Progressive Christian Alliance NGO (Hindi) +++
There used to be no fight here. There were no sectarian tensions. But now, the Christians are being made to feel that they don’t have the right to live here. That they belong to a foreign religion. And Hindu right wing are snatching away their rights. This is what is happening in our village. People live in fear.+++

3:07-  3:12
Ramesh Baghel takes comfort in the fact that he still has his Christian faith.

3:14- 3:16
Many others…  had to give it up. 

3:18 - 3:25 
+++ Raja Ram Todem, BJP leader( Hindi)+++
“All those people who have converted to Christianity we have to bring them back.” +++

3:26 - 3:34 
Back in Durree Vetti’s village, under the watchful eyes of the local BJP leader, a traditional conversion ceremony gets underway.

3:36 - 3:46
A Hindu priest splashes Durree with sacred water… a ritual to purify Durree’s soul of his perceived sins. 

The Hindu nationalists call it a ‘Homecoming’. 

3:49 - 3:55
+++ Raja Ram Todem, BJP leader ( Hindi) +++
Today you have finally been converted back to your original faith. +++

3:56 - 4:00 
Durree Vetti is now officially a Hindu - whether he wants it or not.