Evangelist's visit to Bengaluru cancelled after protests over 'harvest' tweet

American evangelist Donna Schambach cancelled her visit to Bengaluru after a complaint was registered against her for visa norm violation. A VHP worker filed a complaint against the evangelist, who was scheduled to hold a two-day even in Frazer town of Bengaluru after she tweeted about 'amazing two days of harvest', a term associated with conversion.

Schambach along with Patricia King and Apostle P S Rama Babu was supposed to hold a programme called the Power and Reality of the Kingdom on Saturday and Sunday in Bengaluru which now stands cancelled.

A VHP man, Girish Bhardwaj filed a complaint with the Bengaluru police alleging that the evangelist had violated visa rules. "She has violated norms which clearly state that no visas will be issued to evangelists who desire to propagate their religion in the country. The Government of India will not issue visas to evangelists who desire to come to India to attend religious campaigns," Girish said.

Bharadwaj said that the very term 'harvest' used by Schambach indicated her intent and should not be allowed. Schambach who had tweeted pictures from the previous program had said, "Amazing Harvest in 2 days, 8000 Souls!". The tweets were deleted after the complaint was registered against her.

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