Gujarat Passes Bill Penalising Forcible Religious Conversion By Marriage

Congress voted agianst the Bill which amended a 2003 law penalising religious conversion through coercion or allurement.

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment Bill which provides for a prison sentence of up to ten years for fraudulent or forcible conversion by marriage. The Bill amended a 2003 law which penalises religious conversion through coercion or allurement. As per the government, the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 sought to curtail "emerging trend in which women are lured to marriage for the purpose of religious conversion". The main opposition Congress voted against the bill.