The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Saturday approved the Religious Freedom Bill 2020, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. "Under the new Bill, forcing religious conversion on someone will attract 1-5 yrs of imprisonment and a minimum Rs 25,000 fine," Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra was quoted by ANI. Once enforced, this will be the most stringent law in the country against religious conversion carried out by fraudulent means, allurement or threat, Mishra claimed. With this development, Madhya Pradesh has become the third BJP-ruled state to clear the anti-conversion Jihad bill after Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. "This bill will replace the Religious Freedom Act of 1968 (after the approval by the state Assembly)," he said.

Source: dna December 26, 2020 06:37 UTC