Maharashtra to enact anti-conversion regulation in December, can be stricter than different States: Minister

The Maharashtra authorities will convey a troublesome regulation to stop spiritual conversions within the winter session of the legislature and its provisions can be extra stringent than comparable legislations current in different States, Minister Pankaj Bhoyar has mentioned.

Speaking within the Legislative Council on Monday (July 14, 2025), the Minister of State for Home (Rural) famous Maharashtra would be the eleventh Indian State to give you such a regulation.

“A panel has been formed under the Director General of Police to frame a law (against religious conversions) that will be stricter than the rest of the 10 states. A report (on the issue drafted by DGP) has been submitted and the law will be passed in the coming (winter) session,” he advised the House.

The Winter Session of the State Legislature is normally held in December in Nagpur, the second capital of Maharashtra.

Raising the difficulty of pressured conversion within the State, Shiv Sena chief and nominated MLC Manisha Kayande alleged a pregnant girl dedicated suicide in Sangli district of western Maharashtra as she was below stress (from in-laws) to alter her faith.

There was a combat in a Pune-based household over the difficulty of spiritual conversion and cross FIRs had been filed over the matter, she mentioned.

Kayande identified that 10 States— Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand— have their very own anti-conversion regulation.

The MLC requested whether or not Maharashtra’s Mahayuti authorities will convey an anti-conversion regulation like these 10 States, to which the Minister replied within the affirmative.

Last week, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule additionally mentioned a strict regulation to stop spiritual conversions can be enacted within the State.

Replying to a debate on the difficulty within the State Assembly, Mr. Bawankule had mentioned he would converse to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on methods to convey an anti-conversion regulation with stringent provisions.