Delhi min Rajendra Pal Gautam resigns after uproar over attending \'conversion\' event

HYDERABAD: Days after a video emerged showing Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam visiting an event where 10,000 people converted to Buddhism, the minister has resigned from his cabinet post.

Rajendra Pal and the event came under sharp criticism by the BJP, which said that Arvind Kejriwal and his party AAP hated Hindus and demanded sacking of the minister.

Reacting to BJP's criticism, Rajendra Pal had said that he had the right to practice his religion.