On Thursday, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that a 3-member committee to draft an anti-conversion law has been formed by the State Govt. It comprises secretary, home-1, TL Satyaprakash, additional director general of police, law & order, Navdeep Virk & additional advocate general Deepak Manchanda.
The Home Minister said the committee will study the laws enacted by other states. Vij termed the proposed legislation as a law against “love jihad”, a term coined by Hindutva groups for Hindu girls being allegedly forced to convert to Islam in the guise of marriage.
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On Nov 6, he had told the state assembly that the Govt was deliberating enacting a law to check forced religious conversions. He was speaking on the murder of a young Faridabad woman, Nikita Tomar, by her alleged stalker, Tausif.
The Minister had said the State Govt was also compiling information about instances where forced religious conversions took place resulting in an inter-faith wedding.
Earlier in June, CM ML Khattar had said that the State Govt has decided that a Right to Freedom of Religion Bill will be passed to stop forced conversions. During an interview in July, the CM had said that there were complaints regarding forced conversions & marriages from many districts.
Haryana CM said that “People are free to adopt any religion in an informed manner but using coercion, allurement to force religious conversions is a matter of concern. Such incidents vitiate the atmosphere of society. We are studying similar laws enacted by other states & will accordingly take a call".
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