Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- A 15-member select committee of the Punjab assembly, tasked with holding wider consultations on the Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scriptures(s) Bill, 2025, has received more than 100 suggestions from the public, intellectuals and religious organisations.

The select committee, headed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar, discussed around 80 of these suggestions at a meeting here on Tuesday.

"The suggestions and inputs were discussed at length in the meeting. These were related to the quantum of punishment, security of religious places and various other issues," Nijjar said after the meeting, refusing to go into the specifics of submissions and discussions.

The committee chairman said t...