Speaking at a press conference at Trinamool Bhavan on Monday afternoon, the deputy from Basirhat He said, “Love is very personal. Love and jihad do not go hand in hand. Right before the elections, people come up with certain topics like this. ”
Annoyed by the proposed “love-jihad” law, which prohibits conversion for the purpose of marriage, that some BJP-ruled states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Assam I’ve been considering presenting, Jahan was speaking about his views in response to a question on the subject. “It’s a personal choice of who you want to be with. Live, let live and just fall in love and start falling in love with each other. For the love of God, don’t make religion a political tool, ”said Jahan, first-time MP for Basirhat.
The 30-year-old actress is married in a Hindu family and she has repeatedly rejected the radical mentality of the fundamentalists who had criticized her for wearing mangalsutra and vermilion on her head within Parliament; for practicing the customs of a married Hindu woman and for attending Hindu pujas. However, Jahan has never backed down and has always stood her ground in calling herself a secular independent Indian woman.
Last Saturday Jahan also inaugurated a Jagadhatri Puja Pandal in the city and prayed before the deity following Hindu rituals. “It is a personal decision of how we want to live, who we love and who we would marry, what we would eat and what we would wear. No one can dictate. Have you forgotten that we live in a democracy? ” she said.
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