India, Sept. 3 -- The Goa government on Monday, August 31, decided not to table its proposed anti-conversion Bill in the Assembly, just minutes before the start of the monsoon session.

The Goa Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2026, had been listed in the day's business after being cleared by the state Cabinet barely a week earlier. But after a meeting of BJP MLAs with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, the government decided to drop it from the agenda.

Soon after, the Department of Legislative Affairs uploaded a revised list of business, with the controversial Bill missing.

The decision came after the proposed legislation faced opposition from political parties, civil society and activist groups, the Catholic Church and,...