Anti-conversion bill: BJP turns tables on Congress, makes Siddaramaiah eat his words
The Hindu
Furnishes documents to show that draft of a similar bill had been prepared in 2016 by Congress government led by Siddaramaiah
The Congress had to face embarrassing moments even as the principal opposition party was gearing up to oppose the government’s bid to introduce the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill in the Assembly. The ruling BJP furnished documents showing that the draft of a bill on similar lines had been prepared in 2016 by the Congress government led by Siddaramaiah.
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