Anti-superstition bill may see light of the day this winter session

BENGALURU: The government, which had backed off from introducing the anti-superstition bill following protests from some of its own ministers, is now planning to give it a rebirth in the upcoming winter session of the legislature.
"Eradicating superstition is important. We may have to face opposition from vested interests, but we are ready for that," revenue minister Kagodu Thimmappa said on Tuesday.
Thimmappa is heading the cabinet sub-committee which has been asked to look into the merit of enacting the legislation. The committee will submit a report in a month to enable the government to place the bill in the next session.
T he Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and Other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2016 proposes to ban 23 practices, including human torture in the name of rituals and display of 'miracles' to earn money.