Written by Maulshree Seth | Lucknow | Updated: November 25, 2020 8:23:19 am The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) UTTAR Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday authorized a draft ordinance to control “illegal religious conversions” and “interreligious marriages with the sole intention of changing a girl’s religion”, with a …
Read More »‘Love Jihad’: UP Government Passes Ordinance Against Illegal Conversions; third state to do it
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 7:48:56 pm Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved the draft of a strict law to control illegal conversions, which BJP leaders refer to as “love jihad”, in the state. The …
Read More »From 5 years in prison to crime without bail: what the states say about the ordinance against ‘love jihad’
Several states governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, have said they will enact laws to curb “love jihad”, described by Hindu activists as an organized conspiracy by Muslim men to deceive Hindu women. . in marriages and cause demographic change. The Madhya …
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