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The Rajasthan government has recently passed a law known as the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025. The law aims to stop religious conversions that takes place through force, fraud or trick . Supporters say it will protect vulnerable people from being pressurised into changing their religion whereas critics fear it could be misused and may affect religious freedom.

Counting of votes in the vice-presidential election began at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) after over 98% of MPs exercised their franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B. Sudershan Reddy. 

The Opposition’s campaign against the SIR in Bihar and the NDA’s response to the abuse aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother came up in a meeting of state BJP leaders with the party’s senior members, including Home Minister Amit Shah, on Wednesday. They discussed plans for the Assembly polls.