03-20-2008, 10:29 PM
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Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Jaipur, Mar 20 (PTI) A controversial bill banning religious conversion, returned by the then Governor Pratibha Patil in 2006, was today passed by the Rajasthan assembly amid noisy protests by the opposition.
<b>Rajasthan Dharma Swatantraya Bill, 2008, reintroduced by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje last week, prohibits conversion by use of force, allurement or fradulent means was passed by voice vote,</b> even as Congress, CPI(M) and Lok Janshakti Party MLAs demanded that it be referred to a select committee.
They also objected to the remarks of Home Minister G C Kataria and Law Minister G S Tiwari against Patil, who turned it down and referred it to the then President A P J Abdul Kalam. Interestingly, the BJP government in neighbouring Gujarat had recently witdrawn a similar legislation after it was returned by the state governor.
Kataria said a fresh bill was introduced last week as the old one passed by voice vote in 2006 was caught between the then state Governor and the President for assent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Another good piece of legislation from BJP. May they continue their good work and successfully eliminate and defeat the EJ designs on India.
Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Jaipur, Mar 20 (PTI) A controversial bill banning religious conversion, returned by the then Governor Pratibha Patil in 2006, was today passed by the Rajasthan assembly amid noisy protests by the opposition.
<b>Rajasthan Dharma Swatantraya Bill, 2008, reintroduced by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje last week, prohibits conversion by use of force, allurement or fradulent means was passed by voice vote,</b> even as Congress, CPI(M) and Lok Janshakti Party MLAs demanded that it be referred to a select committee.
They also objected to the remarks of Home Minister G C Kataria and Law Minister G S Tiwari against Patil, who turned it down and referred it to the then President A P J Abdul Kalam. Interestingly, the BJP government in neighbouring Gujarat had recently witdrawn a similar legislation after it was returned by the state governor.
Kataria said a fresh bill was introduced last week as the old one passed by voice vote in 2006 was caught between the then state Governor and the President for assent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Another good piece of legislation from BJP. May they continue their good work and successfully eliminate and defeat the EJ designs on India.