Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar on Saturday claimed that social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy was among the “agents” of the British colonial rulers.

The Bharatiya Janata Party leader alleged that Roy worked to change the faith of the people through English education at the behest of the British colonial rulers.

The minister made these remarks during an event in the state’s Agar Malwa district to mark the 150th anniversary of Adivasi leader Birsa Munda.

Parmar claimed that the British had enlisted several Indians as “fake social reformers” to further their agenda of changing “the faith of the people of this county through English education,” PTI reported.

“There was a vicious cycle in Bengal and surrounding areas aimed at converting the people’s faith throu

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