The invoice was accepted in a Cupboard assembly chaired by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. (File)
Jaipur:
The BJP authorities in Rajasthan is ready to introduce a invoice within the upcoming Meeting session to cease forceful non secular conversions within the state, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel mentioned on Saturday.
The invoice was accepted in a Cupboard assembly chaired by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.
Jogaram Patel mentioned the invoice proposes that if somebody desires to transform to a different faith, the particular person should give an software to the district Justice of the Peace 60 days prematurely.
“The district Justice of the Peace will look at whether or not or not it’s a forceful conversion,” he mentioned, including whether it is discovered that the conversion is just not pressured or beneath any temptation, then the applicant can be allowed to go forward with it.
Speaking to reporters after the assembly, the state parliamentary affairs minister mentioned, “The federal government has determined to deliver a invoice within the upcoming meeting session to cease forceful non secular conversion within the state. The invoice has provisions of punishment in numerous classes, from one 12 months to 10 years, with penalties for forceful conversion of a person or in teams.” Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa mentioned 9 insurance policies, together with a brand new MSME coverage, one district one product coverage, tourism unit coverage, mines coverage, M-Sand coverage and funding promotion scheme, had been accepted within the Cupboard assembly.
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