After the government failed to get the anti-conversion bill passed in the legislative council in the recently concluded Belagavi session, it is now exploring the option of promulgating an ordinance to bring in the law.
Home minister Araga Jnanendra, who is piloting The KarnatakaProtection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, said, We will bring the ordinance to the cabinet next week. We are planning to promulgate it in early January after getting the governors assent.
However, law ministerJC Madhuswamysaid the government will consider the timing of the joint session before pushing for the ordinance. However, law and parliamentary affairs minister JC Madhuswamy said it will also consider the timing of the Karnataka joint legislature session before pushing for the ordinance.
According to parliamentary rules, the government can promulgate an ordinance of the pending bill if it is not rejected in any one of the two houses. But it must get the approval of the legislature for the bill in the immediate next session after promulgating the ordinance.