Religious conversion Bill gone, but key concerns remain

Minutes before the Goa Legislative Assembly convened on Monday for the 3-day monsoon session, the government hurriedly withdrew the controversial Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2026. The sudden climbdown, following an emergency meeting between Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Catholic legislators from the ruling camp, has exposed serious fault lines within the BJP while leaving the minority communities with a bit