Big decision of Siddaramaiah government.
Big decision of Siddaramaiah government.
News2News.in Explainer:The Congress government, which came to power after winning the assembly elections, has decided to remove the speeches of controversial authors, including GB Hedgewar and Veer Savarkar, from Karnataka’s Kannada and social studies textbooks. With this decision, the Congress government has decided to repeal the anti-conversion law brought by the BJP government.
Withdrawal of the anti-conversion law means that now people who want to change their religion will not have to take permission from the District Magistrate before doing so. Let us tell you about the anti-conversion law through today’s News2News.in explainer…
what is anti conversion law
This is a law that prohibits conversion. Under this law, it has been said to be illegal to change religion from one religion to another under someone’s influence or by misguiding. There is a provision of imprisonment of three to five years and a fine of Rs 25,000 for the violation of this law. Under this law, there is also a provision to impose a fine of five lakh rupees on the person who converts. There is a provision of imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years and a fine of one lakh rupees for mass conversion. It is also in the law that any marriage which is done with the intention of conversion will be considered illegal by the family court. Which comes under the category of non-bailable offence.
Now the preamble of the constitution will have to be read everyday
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil said after a cabinet meeting that the state cabinet has decided to make it mandatory to read the Preamble of the Constitution with prayers in schools and colleges. Apart from this, he said that it has also been decided to amend the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act so that the old law can be restored.
Former BJP government had brought anti-conversion law
The previous BJP-led government had brought the conversion law in Karnataka. Even then Congress and JDS had protested against the law brought by the BJP government. The BJP government had passed the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill in the assembly in December last year. But due to lack of sufficient majority in the Legislative Council at that time, this bill was stuck. For this reason, the government had to bring an ordinance in May to give effect to the bill. At that time, the then Home Minister had argued that the incidents of forced and induced conversions have become common in the state. This law has been brought to prevent such incidents. He also said that this bill does not take away anyone’s religious freedom. Any person can choose religion according to himself, but not under any pressure or temptation.
In which states is the anti-conversion law applicable?
Not only in Karnataka, the conversion law is applicable in many other states of the country as well. This conversion law is applicable in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. Till now Karnataka was also among them, but as soon as the Congress government came to power, it has now been abolished.
What was the need for anti-conversion law?
The anti-conversion law was implemented by some other states, including Karnataka, so that rapid conversions could be stopped. At present, a large number of weak citizens are being converted to Islam in an organized and systematic manner by means of deception, deceit, greed and other means. Examples of this also come to the fore from time to time. After the introduction of this law, there has been a decrease in cases like conversion. However, the ruling party says that religious freedom is being affected by this law. The atmosphere of the state is absolutely calm, there is no need for any such law in Karnataka.
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Central government preparing to implement anti-conversion law across the country
The Modi government at the Center is lobbying to implement this law across the country. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against forcible conversion, in which the Central Government has filed an affidavit. It explains why it is necessary to implement it. In this petition, citing incidents of forcible conversion through black magic, superstition, miracles, and other mediums across the country, the anti-conversion law has been demanded to be implemented across the country.
