Bangalore: The Karnataka Home Minister has said that a law prohibiting conversion will be introduced in the state. Karnataka Home Minister Araga Gyanendra said the government was studying the matter and would take steps to legislate soon.
The minister was responding to a statement by MLA Gulihatti Sekhar that conversion was widespread in the state. Shekhar also revealed that his mother had recently converted to Christianity.
MLA Sekhar had alleged that Christian missionaries were carrying out widespread conversions in the Hosadurga constituency. About 20,000 Hindus were converted. This includes his mother. She advised her mother not to wear saffron. Even her mother’s mobile ringtone is now a Christian devotional song. No poojas can be performed at home now. His mother replied that he would commit suicide if he said anything.
Former Speaker KG Bopaya and Nagtan MLA Devanand had also expressed concern over the growing conversion in Karnataka. Following this, Speaker Vishweshwar Hedge asked the government to study the introduction of anti-conversion laws in the state.
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