VHP urges Karnataka govt not to repeal anti-conversion law

Bengaluru, Nov 7 (UNI) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Karnataka, has urged the state government not to repeal or dilute the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2022, opposing demands by Archbishop Peter Machado and other religious organisations seeking its withdrawal. In a memorandum submitted to Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, the VHP, along with representatives of various civil society organisations, called upon the government to retain the legislation, arguing that it was necessary to prevent conversions through force, fraud, misrepresentation, coercion and material inducement. The organisation maintained that the Act was secular…