40 Dalit families in a village allegedly adopted Buddhism with their children and accused the villagers of discrimination.

In the village of Bahgawan, in the Karela gram of the district, people of the Jatav community have renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism. These individuals have accused others of discrimination and untouchability for adopting Buddhism. The village headman claims that all the accusations are baseless and that the villagers were influenced and persuaded to accept Buddhism. A video of the conversion from Hinduism to Buddhism has emerged from the Bahgawan village in the Karela tehsil of Shivpuri district, where even young children from 40 families can be seen taking an oath for religious conversion.

District collector Ravi Kumar Chaudhary has stated that he received information about the matter and is currently investigating. After 25 years, a Bhagwat Katha was organized for all social groups in the village, where contributions were collected. However, on January 31st, a day before the Bhagwat Katha, 40 households of the Jatav community suddenly adopted Buddhism and took an oath to renounce Hinduism. The head of a Dalit family that converted to Buddhism, Mahendra Baudh, stated that during the event, all social groups were given tasks, the Jatav community was given the job of spreading lies and false rumors, but later someone said if the Jatav community will spread rumors, it will only tarnish their image.

The village headman, Gajendra Rawat, stated that the allegations against the Jatav community are completely baseless. According to him, the members of this community distributed banana prasad to the entire village a day before and everyone partook in it. He also claimed that Buddhist monks came to the village and persuaded the people to convert their religion. He emphasized that no specific tasks were assigned to any particular community; all the villagers worked together.