BENGALURU: Karnataka Senior Deputy Minister Dr. CN Ashwathnarayan has said that the state government is in the process of bringing bills against “love jihad“Y cow slaughter.
“Many states have already introduced the bills. We are also in the process of introducing bills against ‘love jihad’ and to impose a ban on the slaughter of cows,” Ashwathnarayan said.
The topic of “love jihad” has been on the boil for the past few weeks after the death of a 21-year-old college student, who was shot point-blank outside his university allegedly by a stalker and his friend in Ballabgarh in October.
Recently, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, enacted the UP Ordinance 2020 Prohibiting Illegal Conversion of Religion to address religious conversion for the sake of marriage.
This came after Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet passed the Ordinance on November 24, proposing a maximum penalty of 10 years for crimes related to “love jihad.”
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh’s chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, also proposed enacting laws to curb “forced religious conversions”.
The BJP government in Karnataka will reportedly introduce a bill against cow slaughter during the next legislative session. Earlier, the issue was discussed at a cabinet meeting held in Bengaluru.
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