Anti-superstition bill to be tabled in Maha assembly

July 15, 2013 09:00

The long-pending anti-superstition bill would be tabled in the monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislature, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said.

"We will table the bill on anti-superstition after discussions with the representatives of the varkaris (devotees of lord Vitthal)," Chavan told reporters today.

He said that the state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Harshavardan Patil and Shashikant Shinde have already met the varkaris to clear their doubts.

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