March 8, 2008
Source: The TImes of India
The Gujarat government has decided to withdraw the controversial Freedom of Religion Amendment Bill 2006 after Governor Nawal Kishor Sharma returned it to the Assembly for reconsideration.
The bill will be withdrawn by the government in the Assembly on Monday, official sources said.
The bill proposed to allow conversions among different sects of the same faith as well as among Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.