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In opposition protests, the Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Religious Freedom Rights Act of 2021 on Thursday, commonly referred to as the Anti-Conversion Act. It prohibits conversion from one religion to another through false statements, coercion, fraud, temptation, or marriage. The bill will now be submitted to the Karnataka State Legislative Council.

The bill stipulates: “No one shall directly or otherwise convert any other person from one religion to another through the use of false statements, force, undue influence, coercion, temptation or any fraudulent means or through marriage, nor No one shall instigate or conspire to convert.”

However, it provides an exemption for people who “reconverted to his previous religion” because “the person shall not be regarded as a conversion under this law.”

According to the proposed legislation, complaints about conversion can be filed by family members or anyone else related to the convert. For violations of the general category of persons, three to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 25,000 rupees have been proposed, and three to 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rupees have been proposed. Those who convert minors, women, or people from the SC/ST community.

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The bill also envisages the payment of 500,000 rupees (according to a court order) to the conversion victims of those who try to convert, and double penalties for repeated crimes. Marriage for the purpose of conversion may be declared invalid by the family court or the competent court. The crime of conversion is considered an identifiable and non-bailable crime that can be tried in a district court under the proposed law.

Anyone who intends to convert to another religion after the law takes effect must notify the magistrate two months in advance. The draft bill says that the person making the conversion must provide one month’s notice, and the magistrate must investigate the true purpose of the conversion through the police.

If the authorities are not notified, converts will be sentenced to six months to three years’ imprisonment, and converts will be sentenced to 1 to 5 years’ imprisonment.

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Oppn seeks probe into Adani charges in US: ‘Obvious protection of PM Modi’

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Following US SEC charges of bribery against Gautam Adani, opposition parties criticise PM Narendra Modi and call for a JPC investigation.

As billionaire Gautam Adani faces charges in the US for alleged bribery and fraud, the Opposition on Thursday intensified its attack on the Centre over its alleged links with the Adani Group.

Gautam Adani has been charged in the US with allegedly paying $250 million in bribes to Indian officials between 2020 and 2024 to secure favourable terms for solar energy contracts. The scheme, prosecutors said, could have earned Adani’s group over $25 billion in profits.

Congress demands JPC probe

Reacting to the charges, the Congress called for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into alleged scams involving Adani’s conglomerate. The party also demanded the appointment of a “new and credible” Sebi chief to investigate Adani’s financial dealings and compliance with securities laws.

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) actions highlight the failure of Indian institutions to investigate the group. “The indictment vindicates Congress’s demand since January 2023 for a JPC into the Modani scams,” Ramesh wrote on X.

He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shielding Adani and claimed Congress’s “Hum Adani Ke Hain Kaun” (HAHK) series had exposed the businessman’s alleged fraud and his ties with the PM.

The fact that it has taken a foreign jurisdiction to properly investigate Adani only shows how Indian institutions have been captured by the BJP, and how decades of institutional development have been undone by greedy and power hungry leaders, the Congress leader said in another post.

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“All of this is consistent with a long record of fraud and criminality carried out with impunity with the obvious protection of the Prime Minister,” Ramesh charged.

Other Oppn leaders join attack

Other opposition leaders joined the attack. Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale questioned the BJP’s involvement in Adani’s dealings and demanded an independent judicial probe.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh accused PM Modi of allowing Adani to tarnish India’s global reputation.

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The allegations rattled markets, with Adani Group stocks plunging. Adani Enterprises fell 20 per cent in pre-open trade, while shares of Adani Ports, Adani Green, Adani Power, and others dropped between 7 per cent and 18 per cent.

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