Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that his government would bring in an anti-conversion bill called the 'Dharam Swatantrata Vidheyak' to contain forcible conversions in the state.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Modi said that the proposed bill would incorporate positive points of similar laws in states like Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Orissa.

He said that his government had set up a task force to deal with the problem of madrassas in the state. "This group is studying how madrassas operate in Pakistan and other Muslim countries and how they operate in some of the states like West Bengal. We will regulate the madrassas in our state," he said.

Modi said the Gujarat government had planned a five-point programme, 'Panch-Amrit', under which the state will give preference to core sectors like irrigation, education, energy, human resource and security.

"We are determined to provide protection to the people of Gujarat. Being a border state, Gujarat has its own problems. We are strengthening the intelligence system under this scheme. I will not disclose the other steps that we are taking in this regard. But whatever needs to be done will be done," he said.

Asked to comment on Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh's request to the people of Himachal Pradesh to not allow people from other states to communalise the atmosphere in the run-up to the assembly polls there, he said, "The people of Gujarat have given their verdict on his statements. I am confident that the people of Himachal Pradesh will do the same."

Asked if Hindutva would be the poll plank in Himachal Pradesh and the other states that go to polls in the next few months, Modi said, "The language that I use during my speeches will remain within the strategy decided by the senior leadership of the BJP."

He said over 1,200 non-resident Gujaratis were in touch with him.

"We have decided to set up a ministry to deal with the problems of the non-resident Gujaratis," he said.

He denied that the NRIs who had met him in the last two days had expressed concern about the law and order situation in the state.

"Nobody has mentioned this to me. They are ready to invest and they only need the environment to do so. We are going to set up a single window system to help them in setting up industries in Gujarat," he said.