Chandigarh: Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday approved the design of anti-conversion bills, Haryana’s prevention of religious conversion, 2022, to ban religious conversion in the state.
The bill will now be submitted before the assembly during the budget session, which will begin at 2.
Minister of Manohar Minister Lal Khattar said the bill had been brought after the growth of religious conversion incidents or problems related to the conversion in Yamunanagar and the district of Melat from the state.
He added that it was intended to ban the conversion of religion affected by mistaken, strength, undue influence, coercion, loan, or by fraud or with marriage or to marry making it offended.
However, the Deputy Opposition leader Aftab Ahmed described the bill in an effort to create divisions in the community.
Greater punishment for the conversion of children underage, women, SCSLET, government or party of the Ruler Alliance (BJP and JJP) provides details of the incident in Mamaat.
Memeisatis is not like that and the government, especially BJP, is trying to tarnish our image as a mewatis, “Ahmed said.
Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Khattar said,” The incident had been reported from Melat and Yambani.
This (legislation) is being carried out to protect all, especially those who are forced to convert for weddings, financial benefits, and so on.
“The BJP-JJP government has talked about bringing laws for the past two years, especially after a similar law was introduced by Uttar Pradesh.
Haryana Home and Minister of Health Anil VIJ has announced the decision of the government coalition to bring this law last year, by saying The legal team works to ensure its initial implementation.
To prevent religious conversion, the bill gives a greater punishment.
For such repentance with respect to underage children, women, caste schedules, and scheduled tribes.
It also provides that the burden of proof, whether conversion Not affected through representation errors, the use of strength, influence, impugitive, look or by any fraud or with marriage or for marriage for the purpose of conducting repentance, lies in the defendant.
Each individual converts from one religion to another to be subject to in the authority determined the declaration that The conversion affected by its impact is not a representation error, the use of strength, under threat, an undue influence, coercion, loan or by fraud or marriage or authorities will investigate all such cases.
In addition, it also provides to declare null and cancel all marriages stated with religious concealment.