Chandigarh, March 22- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that The Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022 is aimed at instilling fear among those who commit crimes.

The Chief Minister said that a person can change religion as per his own free will, but it will not be allowed to happen to anyone forcibly. Action will be taken against such people if they convert religion by deceit or by giving any kind of greed. The purpose of this Bill is to control forced religious conversion.

The Chief Minister said that 127 FIRs for religious conversion were registered in 6 districts in four years. More cases of conversion have been witnessed in Yamunanagar, Panipat, Gurugram, Palwal, Faridabad. Thus, the Bill has been brought in. The Chief Minister raised the issue of forced conversion by sharing many examples related to NGOs like Changai Sammelan, Global Peace etc. The Chief Minister said that this Bill was in the interest of Haryana as well as the country.