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New Delhi:
A nationwide law to ban religious conversions or interfaith marriages is not being planned since it falls under the dominion of states, the central government said in parliament on Tuesday, amid a renewed drive for such legislation in several BJP-ruled states. Public order and police are state subjects as per the seventh schedule to the constitution of India. Hence prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of offences related to religious conversions are primarily the concerns of the state governments and union territory administrations. Action is taken a
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Muzaffarnagar, Mathura and Baghpat districts, with each such congregation witnessing a turnout of thousands of people and resolving to extend support to the ongoing stir at the Delhi s borders. Representational image | Photo Credit: IANS
Bijnor: Amid ongoing protests at Delhi borders over the Centre s contentious agriculture laws, a farmers mahapanchayat was held in western Uttar Pradesh s Bijnor district, the fourth such congregation in the region in as many days.
Hundreds of farmers and locals from Bijnor and surrounding areas started pouring in at the ITI Ground on tractors and other vehicles for the mahapanchayat that started at 11 am with several regional farmer leaders in attendance.
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While protests are raging at Delhi borders against the Centre s contentious agriculture laws, farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor have gathered for a farmers mahapanchayat. This is the fourth such congregation in the region in as many days.