From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Dec 20: The draft of the controversial anti-conversion bill prepared by Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government has been cleared by the State Cabinet at its meeting held in Belagavi on Monday.
The bill, envisaging stringent provisions for forced or induced religious conversions, is likely to be tabled in the ongoing State Legislature Session.
The Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religious Bill, 2021 seeks to prohibit conversion from one religion to another religion by 'misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage'.
The Bill says that any aggrieved person, parents, brother, sister or any other person related by blood, marriage or adoption can file first information report against such an act.
It has penal provisions that states that imprisonment will not be less than 3 years and can extend up to 10 years, and fine ranges from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 10 lakh.