: Karnataka Assembly passes anti-conversion Bill amid protests #IndiaNEWS Amid strong opposition, the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, was passed by the state Assembly

Karnataka Assembly passes anti-conversion Bill amid protests #IndiaNEWS
Amid strong opposition, the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, was passed by the state Assembly on Thursday by a voice vote, NDTV reported.The anti-conversion Bill was approved by the state Cabinet on Monday and tabled in Assembly on Wednesday despite criticism from the Opposition.The Bill proposes maximum punishment of a jail term of 10 years for forcible religious conversion of women, minors and people from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. It says that “conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage’’ is prohibited.Even after the Bill’s passage in the Karnataka Assembly, it still needs to be approved by the state’s Legislative Council. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party does not have a majority in the 75-member Upper House. The BJP has 32 seats in the Legislative Council, Congress has 29, Janata Dal (Secular) 12 and there is one Independent candidate.Bill brought in by Congress: BJPDuring the discussion in the Assembly, Law Minister JC Madhu Swamy placed documents to show that the draft of a Bill on similar lines was brought in by Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in 2016, reported The Hindu.After going through the documents, Speaker Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri said the draft Bill by the Congress was scrutinised by then...Read more

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