Consistent with its anti-Hindu ballot guarantees, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress executive in Karnataka has introduced that it is going to repeal the anti-conversion regulation.
The verdict was once taken on the Cupboard assembly and the modification can be presented within the Funds consultation subsequent month. The verdict was once introduced by way of Karnataka Regulation Minister HK Patil.
The Congress govt has determined to repeal the Karnataka Coverage of Proper to Freedom of Faith Act, 2022, popularly referred to as the anti-conversion regulation, which was once presented by way of the former BJP executive. It was once handed by way of the meeting in December 2021. Congress had adversarial the invoice at the moment.
What’s the Anti-Conversion Regulation?
The Karnataka Coverage of Proper to Freedom of Faith Act “supplies for defense of proper to freedom of faith and prohibition of illegal conversion from one faith to some other by way of misrepresentation, drive, undue affect, coercion, allurement or by way of any fraudulent way.” It additional “prohibits conversion from one faith to some other faith by way of misrepresentation, drive, fraud, undue affect, coercion, allurement or by way of promise of marriage.”
Violation of the regulation was once punishable with imprisonment for a time period of 3 years, which might lengthen to 5 years, and a high quality of ₹25,000. If the conversion concerned a minor kid or an individual of unsound thoughts or a girl or an individual belonging to the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, the imprisonment time period was once prolonged to 10 years.
The Congress had staged a walkout from the Meeting when the Invoice was once handed by way of the then-govt. It used as many adjectives as to be had within the English dictionary calling the Invoice “anti-people”, “inhuman”, “anti-constitutional”, “anti-poor” and “draconian”.
A number of instances have been filed within the state underneath the Act because it was once carried out. A couple of case was once reported each month.
Circumstances of Conversion in Karnataka
13 October, 2022: 19-year-old woman transformed to Islam
The primary case of conversion was once filed in October remaining 12 months after the circle of relatives of a 19-year-old woman alleged that their daughter was once forcefully transformed to Islam by way of a 24-year-old Syed Mueen at the promise of marriage.
The accused, who used to run a hen stall, was once arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
12 December 2022: Pastor and his circle of relatives convert Dalit circle of relatives
The Koppal police arrested a pastor and his spouse for allegedly forcing a Dalit circle of relatives to transform to Christianity. Their teenage son, 17, was once additionally booked underneath POCSO Act for raping the minor daughter of the circle of relatives.
The sufferer Dalit circle of relatives, belonging to the Budgajangam group, later reverted to Hinduism.
24 Semptember, 2022: 12 booked for changing Dalit guy to Islam
The Hubballi police filed a case towards 12 individuals together with Nadeem, Iqbal, Rafiq and Shabbir for changing a Dalit guy to Islam.
26-year-old Sridhar Gangadhar was once pressured to go through circumcision and in addition pressured to eat red meat.
Congress heeding calls for of Amnesty Global?
On 23 Might, 2023, the doubtful organisation Amnesty Global that closed its place of job in India after more than one businesses began probing towards it over allegations of FCRA violation, raised an inventory of anti-Hindu calls for for the Congress executive in Karnataka.
In its calls for, it referred to as to take away the hijab ban in colleges, permit cow slaughter and take motion towards Hindus who boycott Muslim retail outlets.
Significantly, Karnataka’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences Minister Ok Venkatesh had lately remarked, “What’s incorrect with slaughtering cows?”
It kind of feels from the place its headed that the Siddaramaiah executive would possibly as neatly meet those calls for.
Extra debatable selections introduced
Revising the state syllabus, the Karnataka executive has determined to take away chapters on RSS founder BK Hedgewar and freedom fighter Veer Savarkar.
The revised syllabus will as a substitute come with chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru and Ambedkar.
#WATCH | “…syllabus on Ok. B. Hedgewar has been dropped…no matter adjustments they (earlier executive) have achieved remaining 12 months, we have now modified it and reintroduced no matter was once there remaining to remaining 12 months…”: Madhu Bangarappa, Karnataka Training minister on textbook syllabus %.twitter.com/QyfDqZoiwD
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
The Karnataka Cupboard has additionally made necessary the studying of the Preamble of the Charter in colleges and schools.
The State cupboard has determined to make it obligatory to learn the Preamble of the Charter in conjunction with the hymn in colleges and schools: Karnataka Minister HK Patil
Karnataka Cupboard has additionally determined to amend the APMC Act within the state to deliver again the previous regulation. The revision of… %.twitter.com/7K1XJXnZL0
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023