Kolkata: The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA) on Monday urged the Arunachal Pradesh government to immediately frame and notify the rules of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978 after recent protests by church groups opposing the implementation of the long-dormant law.

In a statement issued by ABVKA National President Satendra Singh, the organisation said the law was enacted to prevent religious conversions through “inducement, coercion, or deceit” and to safeguard the cultural heritage of tribal communities. Though the Act received Presidential assent in 1978, its rules were never notified, rendering it ineffective for over four decades.

“This may be the only law in independent India that has remained dormant for so long,”........

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