By Maktoob Staff
Several civil society organisations, religious groups, and political parties, in a joint statement on Thursday, opposed the anti-conversion law passed by the Rajasthan Assembly earlier this month, describing it as “draconian,” a tool to spread “majoritarian hatred,” and a measure that fosters “fear among minority communities living in the state.”
“Our belief is that the Rajasthan Bill is a draconian law and is nothing but a tool of the BJP to spread the Sangh ideology of majoritarian hatred towards minorities and create an atmosphere of fear within the minority communities living in the state,” the statement asserted.
The joint statement by organisations including the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Association for Protection of Civil Rights, the Rajasthan Buddhist Mahasangh, the Jaipur Christian Fellowship, the All India Democratic Women’s Association, the Rajasthan Samagra Seva Sangh, the Movement Against Repression, Rajasthan, the Youth Buddhist Society of India, Jamaat-e-Islami, Rajasthan, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, the Rajasthan Nagrik Manch, the Dalit Muslim Ekta Manch, and the Social Democratic Party of India warned that the Bill “will result in a two-class system of governance.”
The organisations pointed out that the Rajasthan Religious Conversion Bill, 2025, is “much wider, more stringent, and more invasive” than similar legislation in the 11 other states, including the amended Uttar Pradesh law of 2024.
They argued that “its provisions fail the test of constitutionality at every step, whether related to definitions, mechanisms for conversion, or the proportionality of punishments.”
They also highlighted that, since the Bill was tabled in the state Assembly on September 3 and passed on September 9, more than nine attacks targeting the Christian community have occurred, “showing how unlawful the State is becoming.”
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