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Anti-conversion law to be introduced in the next session : Minister of State for Home Affairs Dr Pankaj Bhoyar

  • Complaints of religious conversions to be tried in fast-track Courts

  •  Report on the case to be sought within a month
Home Affairs Dr Pankaj Bhoyar

Mumbai, 15 July – Attempts are being made to convert ordinary, unsuspecting people through allurements and various tactics by certain organisations and individuals. The Chief Minister had set up a committee under the chairmanship of the Director General of Police, and its report will be released soon. An anti-conversion bill will be tabled in the next session. Once the report concerning the ‘Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission’ is received, it will be sent to the concerned department which holds the authority to revoke the institution’s recognition. Appropriate action will be taken accordingly, stated Minister of State for Home Affairs Dr Pankaj Bhoyar in the Legislative Council. In the orphanage run by the ‘Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission’ at Kedgaon in Daund Taluka of Pune District, religious conversions of girls and women are taking place. They are being subjected to disgusting treatment and grave injustice and abuse. BJP member Uma Khapre had raised this issue in the House. BJP members Pravin Darekar, Sadashiv Khot and Shiv Sena’s Manisha Kayande also participated in the discussion.

Minister of State Dr Bhoyar stated :

1.The Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission provides education for blind, differently-abled and orphaned girls. However, in 2023, reports emerged of these girls being made to clean public toilets, being subjected to casteist slurs, and being forcibly converted to Christianity.

2. A committee has been appointed to investigate the matter, and a woman Police officer of Deputy Superintendent rank has been deployed to the site. We will seek the report within a month. Strict action will be taken against all those found guilty. We will strive to revoke the institution’s recognition at the earliest.

Suggestion from Deputy Chairperson to Minister of State Dr Bhoyar

Member Uma Khapre has consistently raised this issue in the House over the past year. Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe suggested to the Minister of State that the recognition of the institution should be revoked and arrangements for the girls currently residing there be made elsewhere within two to three days.

Complaints of religious conversions will be tried in fast-track Courts – Dr Bhoyar

Once complaints of this nature are registered, Court hearings do take place, but verdicts are often delayed by 10 years or more. Complainants lose hope over time. Complaints regarding religious conversions will now be heard in fast-track Courts. We will strive to ensure timely judgments, said Dr Bhoyar.

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