 bill no 173 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 by dr udit raj, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2016 2  in article 15 of the constitution, after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(2a) no citizen shall, on ground of caste or sex, be denied access to any place of religious worship opened for general publicexplanation—for the purpose of this clause, the expression 'place of religious worship' means a temple, mosque, gurudwara, church, monastery or any other place of public religious worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof, by whatever name called" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere have been numerous cases where persons belonging to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are denied access to places of worship on the ground of the castes they belong to recently, women have also been denied access to places of worship for unconvincing reasons such practices are derogatory to human values therefore, it is propose to make specific provisions in the constitution that no citizen shall be denied access to any place of worship opened to the general public on the ground of caste or genderhence this billnew delhi;udit rajjuly 5, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution of india   15 (1) the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them(2) no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to—prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment;or(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of state funds or dedicated to the use of the general public     lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr udit raj, mp)gmgipmrnd—1456ls(s3)—20072016