Apart from the material need, the spiritual need for conversion was put forward by Ambedkar, as he thought individual welfare and progress was the real aim of religion. However, there was no place for an individual in Hindu society. According to him, religion has to impose rules for the maintenance of happiness in society, but the character of the rules has to be based on principles of equality of all individuals. As long as the practice of inequality and injustice goes unabated, all soothing effects of social reformers of Hindu religion could only be a misleading one to perpetuate the system.
Ambedkar Conversion 2
