Punjab Cabinet to deliberate on anti-sacrilege Bill today

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The draught Bill providing for harsher punishment successful sacrilege cases volition travel up for treatment during the Council of Ministers’ gathering connected Monday morning.

Once approved there, the Bill volition beryllium tabled successful the Assembly. Sources accidental the draught is projected arsenic an autarkic Act of the authorities government, recommending 10-year punishment successful sacrilege cases.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced past week that the draught instrumentality would not beryllium enacted immediately. It would beryllium archetypal discussed with each stakeholders. A consultative committee would instrumentality the draught to people, spiritual leaders and institutions and instrumentality their constituent of view.