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Bihar Speaker Signals Review of Other States' Anti-Conversion Laws

The government enters a study stage with no proposal on the table.

Overview

  • Eighteen ruling‑alliance MLAs used a calling attention motion to press for a law to curb religious conversion in Bihar.
  • Speaker Prem Kumar admitted the motion, pledged a review of anti-conversion statutes elsewhere, and closed further discussion for now.
  • Tourism and Arts & Culture Minister Arun Shankar Prasad told the House the government has no current plan to introduce such legislation.
  • Proponents pointed to laws in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat, highlighting provisions for stringent prison terms.
  • Several BJP MLAs alleged forced conversions and demographic shifts in border districts and the Seemanchal region, drawing protests from RJD members.