Public Hearing: Atrocities against Christians under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 

Release of Report and Public Hearing

Date and day: 8 August, 2026, Saturday

Time: 1-3 pm

Venue: Press Club, near Tulsi Cinema, Lucknow

Chair: Advocate Mohammad Shoaib, former President, Socialist Party (India), U.P.

Chief Guest: Sanjay Singh, Member of Parliament, Aam Aadmi Party

Speakers:

Harsh Mander, retired IAS, Karwan-e-Mohabbat, Delhi

John Dayal, former Secretary General, All India Christian Council, Delhi

Professor Roop Rekha Verma, former Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University

Father Anand, Catholic Activist Priest, Playwright, Varanasi

Chhotebhai, Convenor, India Catholic Forum, Kanpur

Moderators:

Meenakshi Martin Singh, President, Socialist Mahila Sabha

Rajeev Yadav, General Secretary, Socialist Kisan Sabha

Organised by: 

Socialist Party (India) and Socialist Lawyers’ Forum

Contact:

Advocate Salahuddin Shibu, President, Socialist Party (India), U.P., 7905817351

Advocate Imran Ahmad, Convenor, Socialist Lawyers’ Forum, 8887508552

Sandeep Pandey, Secretary General, Socialist Party (India), Ph: 0522 2355978, 3564437, ashaashram@yahoo.com