Paul Dhinakaran who is a Christian evangelist and a prominent proselytizer in India recently went to Arunachal Pradesh to participate in the Jesus Calls Arunachal Prayer Festival with his family. It is shocking to note that the Chief Minister of the state, Pema Khandu, and a few ministers also participated in the event. 

Paul Dinakaran expressed his intention to offer prayers for Pema Khandu, the council of ministers, and the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Paul refers to the state as “God’s garden,” and both Pema Khandu and the ministers join in the prayer. In the prayer, he says, “It is you (Jesus) who chooses to rule the state from time to time, thank you for choosing our dear Hon’ble CM and cabinet. May the government be blessed by you, and your guidance to do whatever you want to do for the people. Let your hand be on this state, let it progress as a great tourist destination, bless the family of CM and families of the ministers”.

This is followed by Pema Khandu’s speech at the inauguration of the event. He thanked Paul for praying for the government employees. He says, “We are all god-fearing people. We worship God with full devotion and we must believe. If anything is difficult then the first thing we remember is God. So I request all of you gathered here, whatever religion you believe in, if you are Christian, then we must believe from the bottom of our hearts. You saw the miracle of this a little while ago. when needed, how Jesus will give blessings from above to everyone. God always helps us in life by giving us blessings. We are all children of God. We know that there are several tribes in Arunachal Pradesh. This is God’s gift that despite having so many tribes no bad accidents have occurred in the state. So all of you keep praying like this, then our future life of all settled here will be very good”. 

He then spoke about his father Dorjee Khandu. He said, “I joined politics in 2011 and you all know the reason why, because of the accident of my father Dorjee Khandu. I am from a business background. After the accident, I had to come into politics all of a sudden. In 2016, when a big political gap started forming in the state and a unique thing happened in Arunachal Pradesh. The 60 Assembly seats comprise all parties – the Congress, the BJP, and others. And for the first time, everyone told my name and pushed me forward. They said that if anyone can take care of the state, it is you. I was not politically mature but with all your blessing and blessings of God.”

He added that the biggest festival of democracy (elections) was coming up in 2024 and said, “We had appealed to all religious leaders to say no to money culture in politics and I’d like to thank all the Christian denominations. In 2009 after our request, the Christian community spread the message of money culture and openly expressed their opposition to it and even convinced people about it. I request that in the 2024 elections that we have a stronger sentiment against money culture and come together and Say No To Money Culture.”

He also said, “We thank Paul Dinakaran and his family for coming so far to the state and pray for the well-being of the state and we have to implement that prayer in our lives practically. If you listen to the prayer and do not implement it in your life, there is no use for it. So my request to all the people who have come from various districts of Arunachal Pradesh is to remember these points.”

He spoke about the grants that were instituted by his late father Dorjee Khandu. “My late father Dorjee Khand started the corpus fund, and he started giving grants, after that, I became the CM in 2016, and I continued the good work he did, especially in the education sector. We provide grants in aid and corpus to institutions every year. We gave it this year and will do it next year too. I am doing all that I can for the Don Bosco College in Itanagar and Ziro. Education is a priority for the government so all the organisations of the Christian community and RK Mission too, who are working in the sector, we have been helping all the organisations and we will continue to do it.”

The festival took place for 3 days and during that time period, it is seen in the video of each of the days that prayers “resolved” the health issues of patients. 

As per reports, many tribal children were present and were exposed to unscientific “magic healing” gig by the infamous Christian Evangelist, where he claims to have healed them through special prayers.

Social Justice Forum Of Arunachal Pradesh an organization that works for the Indigenous Tribal people of Arunachal Pradesh, to protect their faith, culture, and identity shared instances of Paul Dhinakaran using children for his “magic healing” gigs. They noted that the Christian pastor is in violation of the Drugs & Magical Remedies Act-1954 by exposing tribal children to superstition.

#SHOCKING
Pastor Violates Drugs & Magical Remedies Act-1954 Exposes Tribal Children to Crowds
Govt urged to control Healing Crusades leading to blind faith & Superstition
Complain lodged against Paul Dinakaran @NCPCR @KanoongoPriyank @mansukhmandviya @IMAIndiaOrg @AmitShahOffice pic.twitter.com/8riRlUkNbD

— Social Justice Forum Of Arunachal Pradesh (@JusticeForumAP) November 1, 2023

In one of his sessions, he claims to have made a girl walk after 15 years bound into a wheelchair.

Girl walks for the first time in 15 years | Arunachal Prayer Festival | pic.twitter.com/oLZwiIAzCp

— Paul Dhinakaran (@PaulDhinakaran_) November 2, 2023

He also engages in proselytization attempts saying that one has to accept Jesus as the God to get cured of ailments.

Children vastly Present in the Healing Crusade, Used by Dinakaran and associates in Magical Healing activities for the purpose of changing the Demography
Seeking action of @NCPCR_ @KanoongoPriyank @MSJEGOI @AmitShah @DgpPradesh @PMOIndia @JiniKento @rashtrapatibhvn pic.twitter.com/312jFV8YLs

— Social Justice Forum Of Arunachal Pradesh (@JusticeForumAP) November 2, 2023

Legal Rights Observatory took cognizance in this matter and reported this matter to NCPCR which has issued notices to DGP Arunachal Pradesh & the Chief Minister for officially promoting fraudster pastor Paul Dhinakaran’s magic healing of Tribals in Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh. 

NCPCR issued notices to @DgpPradesh & CS @ArunachalCMO for officially promoting fraudster pastor Paul Dhinakaran's magic healing of Tribals in Itanagar #ArunachalPradesh in which juveniles were exposed to unscientific magic healing by the infamous Christian Evangelist under… pic.twitter.com/UMEDCv8tHQ

— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) November 3, 2023

In the formal complaint, the NCPCR (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights) has reported, “The Commission has received a complaint that a Pastor named Paul Dinakaran, during his Healing Crusade, is claiming to cure illnesses using magical healing powers. Upon further investigation it has come to the Commission’s attention that Pastor Paul Dinakaran has been displaying children he claims to have healed in front of large crowds”. Furthermore, the Commission has pointed out that Paul Dinakaran may be in violation of the Drugs & Magic Remedies Act of 1954. To address these allegations, the NCPCR has taken action under Section 13 (1) of the CPCR (Child Protection) Act, 2005.”

It is noteworthy that missionary organisations such as that of Paul Dinakaran have played a major role in converting the indigenous population of Arunachal Pradesh and becoming a majority-Christian state. As of 2011 Census, the population of Christians stood at over 30%. 

A while back on specific intelligence inputs, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate officials raided 28 premises of “Jesus Calls” and “Karunya” group of educational institutions, managed by the evangelist Paul Dinakaran.

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Christian preacher Paul Dhinakaran, who was in Sri Lanka on a business visa, was banned from holding a religious gathering by the Sri Lankan government.

An appeal was made on behalf of the Jaffna Shiv Sena organization, when pamphlets were publicly distributed by ‘Jesus Calls’ Paul Dhinakaran group stating that a religious gathering would be held for three days from Thursday (23rd March to 25th March) in Jaffna.

Sri Lankan Shiva Sena appealed to the people and the police that a person visiting on a business visa should not be allowed to engage in religious preachings. In this situation, Paul Dhinakaran’s team, which had been involved in religious events in Colombo and Kandy, arrived at Jaffna airport by private flight from Ratmalana airport at 4 p.m. on Thursday.

The Immigration Control Officers prohibited the Paul Dhinakaran team from leaving the airport after they arrived at Jaffna Airport. After extensive negotiations, on Thursday night at 8 pm, the immigration officials, after confiscating the passports, allowed the Jesus Calls group to stay in a hotel in Jaffna and warned them that they should not hold any religious meetings.

More than 50 Hindus from the Manipai area had written to the DIG of Police in Jaffna, requesting that no permission for the religious propaganda meeting be granted to the Jesus Calls group. The Shiva Sena, which had planned a protest for March 24th, called it off after immigration officials barred Paul Dinakaran and his team from holding a religious meeting.

In a complaint addressed to the DIG of Police, Jaffna, they said, “We wish to bring to your kind notice of a situation developing in Manipay and Rasavin Thoddam in Jaffna district which will create law and order problem towards disturbing the peace, tranquility and interfaith relationships.”

They added that the meeting violates Section 3 of the ICCPR Act of 2007 and Section 2(1)(h) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), which states that no one shall propagate war or advocate national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence.

Paul Dinakaran who landed in Sri Lanka for a miracle healing meeting, was arrested and deported back to India in the airport.

Shri. Sachidanand of Shiv Sena was instrumental for this. pic.twitter.com/PI5DjPdjI3

— Indu Makkal Katchi (off) (@Indumakalktchi) March 24, 2023

(With inputs from Uthayannews.ca)

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Last week, based on specific intelligence inputs, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate officials raided 28 premises of “Jesus Calls” and “Karunya” group of educational institutions, managed by the evangelist Paul Dinakaran.

Paul Dinakaran is one of the most aggressive and influential evangelists in India, and is an expert in employing any means necessary to convert Hindus to Christianity. However, since the advent of the Modi government in 2014 and amid increasing pressure from the public to counter such missionary activities, several steps have been taken to strengthen and amend relevant laws to control evangelical Christian organisations.
 
There are unconfirmed reports that hundreds of crores of rupees and several kilograms of gold were confiscated by the IT and ED officials after the raids. Dinakaran’s evangelist organisation may have also diverted crores of rupees, received from Canada and other sources, to the farmers’ agitation in the national capital and to a certain political party in Tamil Nadu.

Meanwhile, popular Tamil Daily Dinamalar published a report quoting leading lawyer Rangaraj of Coimbatore. “Karunya University” which is functioning from the 1990s, has been trying to carve out a “Mini Vatican” in Nallurvayal village near Coimbatore, according to Rangaraj. There are concerted efforts made by Paul Dinakaran in the village to convert it into a “mini Vatican” by means of cheap gimmicks such as miracle-healing, i.e. making mutes speak, the blind see and the lames walk. All this is done to bear a lot of influence on the common man.

The evangelists have allegedly also tried to manipulate the voters’ list in some districts of Tamil Nadu to ensure the electoral victory of the candidates put up by the university.

One such allegation concerns the gram panchayat elections of Madhavarayapuram village. However, this strategy failed after a dispute broke out between the university’s students and the management, and later, a case was filed in the Madras High Court. This resulted in the voter list being redrawn, and the gram panchayat was saved.

The evangelists also tried to disenfranchise about a thousand vanavasis in the village, who are eligible for reservation in the elections.

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Searches are on at 28 properties of Christian tele-evangelist Paul Dhinakaran, the Chairman of Jesus Calls missionary organization.

The Income Tax department has raided the properties in connection with ‘Jesus Calls’ at Chennai, Coimbatore and other locations in Tamil Nadu. They also raided the Karuna Christian School which is affiliated to Jesus Calls.

The raids began on Wednesday (January 20) morning to check whether the organization was involved in evading tax based on complaints of tax evasion and foreign funding irregularities.

Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), a legal activists collective had earlier complained to the Income Tax department to probe Paul Dhinakaran’s immovable assets located all over the country and internationally.

The complaint had shed light on the anomalies in the Annual Returns filed and the contributions received by various NGOs operated by Paul Dhinakaran.

#SUCCESS IT Dept @IncomeTaxIndia raids underway on 28 premises of evangelist #PaulDhinakaran in Tamil Nadu, over alleged tax evasion. The premises include Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Jesus Calls ministry. #LRO was pursuing his pending Tax evasion case! https://t.co/8YGFb8SRhW

— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) January 20, 2021

Paul Dhinakaran, son of D.G.S Dhinakaran, is a Christian pastor and heads the Jesus Calls missionary organization founded by his father. He is also the Chancellor of Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences located in Coimbatore district.

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