New Delhi: The newly-formed Karnataka Cabinet Thursday decided to withdraw the controversial anti-conversion law brought in by the previous BJP government.
The Siddaramaiah-led government added that it will introduce a bill in this regard in the upcoming legislature session, which starts on 3 July.
“The Cabinet discussed the anti-conversion bill. We have approved the bill to repeal the changes that were brought in by them (the BJP government) in 2022. It will be tabled during the session starting from July 3,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil told the media after a cabinet meeting.
The bill — The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act — was introduced by then Basavaraj Bommai-led government in September last year to protect 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.”
With inputs from PTI.
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