<p>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Thursday admitted that the statements of some party leaders on religious conversions were damaging the party's image.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"When our MLAs or MPs give such statements, it damages the BJP," he told a news conference here.<br /><br />Shah said he had advised his colleagues many times to exercise restraint while speaking.<br /><br />On BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj's statement appealing to every Hindu to have four children, Shah said the party doesn't agree. "It was his individual statement. The BJP doesn't agree with it."<br /><br />He, however, said that such statements would have no impact on the development agenda of the government. "Sakshi Maharaj is for media," he quipped.<br /><br />Declining to comment on Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi's remarks on 'ghar wapsi', Shah said forcible conversion can be stopped only with a strong and comprehensive law.<br /><br />He said it was unfortunate that no a single "so-called secular party" had come forward to support the government's suggestion in parliament for bringing anti-conversion law.<br /><br />"Will forcible conversions stop by debate in media? Is the media going to run this country or the law? If the law has to run it, then we need a strong and comprehensive legislation," he said.</p>
<p>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Thursday admitted that the statements of some party leaders on religious conversions were damaging the party's image.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"When our MLAs or MPs give such statements, it damages the BJP," he told a news conference here.<br /><br />Shah said he had advised his colleagues many times to exercise restraint while speaking.<br /><br />On BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj's statement appealing to every Hindu to have four children, Shah said the party doesn't agree. "It was his individual statement. The BJP doesn't agree with it."<br /><br />He, however, said that such statements would have no impact on the development agenda of the government. "Sakshi Maharaj is for media," he quipped.<br /><br />Declining to comment on Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi's remarks on 'ghar wapsi', Shah said forcible conversion can be stopped only with a strong and comprehensive law.<br /><br />He said it was unfortunate that no a single "so-called secular party" had come forward to support the government's suggestion in parliament for bringing anti-conversion law.<br /><br />"Will forcible conversions stop by debate in media? Is the media going to run this country or the law? If the law has to run it, then we need a strong and comprehensive legislation," he said.</p>