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The Jharkhand Cabinet, on 1 August, gave its nod to Jharkhand Religious Independence Bill, 2017.
If the crime involved a minor, woman or person from SC/ST then the prison term would be up to four years and a penalty of one lakh rupees, the release added.
Welcoming the proposed Bill, the BJP state unit said that forcible conversion is an anti-national act and it should be stopped at any cost.
Prakash said in Jharkhand the innocent poor tribals were lured with money, job, education, etc to convert and the earlier act in this regard was insufficient to stop such conversions.
He said that the proposed anti-conversion act would be strong enough to stop to forcible conversion and his party welcomes this move of the state government.
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