Bengaluru, Oct. 30 -- Archbishop of Bangalore Peter Machado on Friday mounted pressure on the DK Shivakumar government to fulfil its election promise of repealing the anti-conversion law, challenging it to withdraw the legislation during the forthcoming Belagavi winter session or risk eroding the Congress party's credibility among minority communities.
Rejecting the government's reported willingness to amend certain provisions instead of scrapping the law enacted by the previous BJP government in 2022, Machado said Christians were not satisfied with any halfway measure and wanted its complete repeal.
The Congress had promised in its election manifesto to withdraw the legislation immediately after coming to power. However, more than three ...