“The new law is aimed at regulating the functioning of all religious places. This is being done after reports of misappropriation of funds have increased. Besides, there are reports of religious places are being constructed without taking permission, ” the official said.
This bill will also regulate the use of building as public religious place or the construction of religious places.
“The motive of this bill is to spread communal hatred. This bill will stop members of a particular community to construct their religious place,” Amarnath Agarwal, a senior Congress leader said.