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The pushback from legislators came during a meeting chaired by Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant. The legislators, including several BJP MLAs and an independent MLA who backs the BJP, reportedly ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Anti-conversion bill won’t be tabled in Goa assembly: BJP lawmaker
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Michael Lobo said the government acted in haste in having the bill cleared in the Cabinet ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Goa suspends consideration of anti-conversion bill
Following objections from some MPs, the head of the local government has decided to withdraw the controversial bill from the Legislative Assembly’s agenda; like in other Indian states, the bill ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Why Goa’s anti-conversion bill has hit a wall
The Goa government’s proposed anti-conversion Bill has faced strong opposition from legislators across the political spectrum and Catholic organisations. The question asked is that in a state with ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Goa govt drops plan to table anti-conversion bill in assembly after pushback from minority MLAs
In a U-turn following pushback from legislators from the minority community, the Goa government on Monday decided not to introduce its anti-religious conversion bill during the ongoing monsoon session ...
News India » Goa » Religion: India’s Goa drops plan to table anti-conversion bill
Church leaders, Catholic lawmakers and activists in the western Indian state of Goa have welcomed the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party government’s decision not to table an anti-conversion bill in the ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Catholic Church weighs legal challenge to new anti-conversion law in India
The new law in India's most populous western state drew protests from civil society and Catholic leaders. Neighboring Goa dropped a similar measure.
News India » Goa » Religion: Goa cabinet clears anti-conversion bill, to be tabled in upcoming assembly session
The Goa cabinet has approved a bill against religious conversion, proposing life imprisonment among other stringent penalties, and it will be tabled in the state assembly’s monsoon session beginning ...
News India » Goa » Religion: ‘You did purification after my Uttarakhand visit, your religion teaches this?’: Kharge tears into BJP, RSS
Two stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ sung at Goa convention; Congress chief also targets BJP for defections in party's Goa unit ...
News India » Goa » Religion: Indian Catholics urged to respect religious sentiments
An Indian cardinal has warned priests against hurting "the religious feelings of others" after the political head of a coastal state in western India announced strict action against those criticizing ...
News India » Goa » Religion: The cost of India’s anti-conversion laws
The two most populous countries in the world have very troubling issues related to freedom of religion or belief. China’s atrocious record dictating people’s beliefs and practices is well known, but ...