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news The Pramod Sawant government withdrew the Anti-Conversion Bill from the Assembly’s agenda after Cabinet clearance.
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Anti-Conversion Bill: Who pushed it, and why?

Guess who is the chief architect of the anti-Conversion Bill that the Pramod Sawant Cabinet cleared for introduction in the just-concluded Goa Legislative Assembly session? Well, the controversial Bill never saw the light of day, but the mystery remains: Who was the chief architect of the anti-Conversion Bill? How did he get the nod

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