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Orissa to change religious freedom law

September 15, 2008 20:26 IST
Source:PTI
The Orissa government said on Monday that religious conversion was one of the factors behind the unrest in tribal-dominated Kandhamal district and promised to change the state's law relating to religious freedom.

"Religious conversion is certainly an issue in Kandhamal. We will deeply study the Orissa Freedom
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of Religion Act and make changes where required," state Home Secretary T K Mishra said after a review meeting in Bhubhaneshwar.

Mishra indicated the government would like to take a middle path while working out startegies and implementing them to eradicate communal tension from minds of the local residents.
Source: PTI
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