The Rajasthan Cabinet, led by CM Bhajanlal, approved the Anti-Conversion Bill with strict penalties for forced conversions, along with key policies for urban development, employment, renewable energy, and social welfare.
The enactment of anti-conversion laws in various states reflects a broader trend of legislative action addressing religious conversions, a subject that has long been a contentious issue in India’s socio-political landscape.
The apex court had earlier said that forcible religious conversions, if true, were a "serious issue" which could affect the security of the nation, and had sought the response of the Centre.
Karnataka anti-conversion law: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra piloted the Bill for consideration in the Upper House on Thursday. Noting that in recent times religious conversions have become widespread, he said there have been mass conversions with allurements and through force.
The anti-conversion bill aims to prohibit religious conversion by way of marriage or inducements such as free marriage, employment among others.
The "Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021", provides for the protection of the right to freedom of religion and prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement, or by any fraudulent means.
Congress partly vehemently opposed the bill, calling it "anti-people", "inhuman", "anti-constitutional", "anti-poor" and "draconian", and urged that it should not be passed for any reason and should be withdrawn by the government.
The petitioners have argued there was no communal angle to the entire episode and they have settled the dispute that had led to the filing of the complaint.
Two girls belonging to the Sikh community were allegedly forcibly converted and wedded to elderly men of a different religion in Srinagar.
Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday arrested three people under the anti-conversion law of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly doing religious conversion of a woman.
The family of the first youth to be arrested under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, has alleged that the youth's father was forced by the police to sign a statement denying any use of force and harassment by the investigators.
New Delhi: Delhi Archbishop today said the Christian community was not in favour of any anti-conversion legislation and called the ‘Ghar Wapsi' campaign of certain RSS-linked outfits a “threat” to peace and harmony. “Conversion is a
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