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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Conversions will continue till a central law is in place: Sushma Swaraj - The Indian Express

Sushma Swaraj, Religious conversions, Anti conversion law, VHP conversion programme, Ghar Wapsi Defending anti-conversion laws in BJP-ruled Gujarat and MP, Swaraj insisted that they did not ban voluntary conversions.



External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that religious conversions in the country will continue till a central law against the practice comes into force.


Such a law can come into existence if all political parties agree to it, the Union Cabinet minister said. She was responding to a question on whether events like Ghar Vapasi (reconversion ceremonies organized by right-win g organizations across the country) were proving a hurdle in the Narendra Modi government’s development and good governance agenda.


Defending anti-conversion laws in BJP-ruled Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, the Lok Sabha member from Vidisha insisted that they did not ban voluntary conversions.


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