Amid row over wearing of Hijab by students in educational institutions that has engulfed the State, the Anti-Conversion Bill, which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly in Belagavi in the earlier legislature session, is scheduled to be brought before the Legislative Council for its approval this time. The Karnataka legislature is meeting from Monday and the session will be going on till February 25.
The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, had been passed in the Assembly amid opposition by the Congress during the Belagavi session while the Government had tried to introduce it in the Council, but decided against it at the last moment. In fact, the last day of the session saw an intense drama as the BJP government tried to introduce it though it did not have the majority. As both Opposition Congress, and BJP asked its members who had already left Belagavi to return to the House to ensure they had numbers if the Bill was introduced, finally the Government relented and announced that the Bill will not be introduced.
