Written by Jignasa Sinha | Moradabad | Updated: December 16, 2020 7:40:18 am Speaking to reporters after Rashid’s arrest on Saturday morning, Pinki, who is three months pregnant, had said that the two were going to register their marriage when the police caught them. Rashid’s older brother, Saleem, 25, who …
Read More »“Why is there no ordinance for farmers, unemployed youth?” Akhilesh reacts to UP’s ‘love jihad’ law
Shortly after Uttar Pradesh became the first state to enact a law prohibiting forced religious conversions when Governor Anandiben Patel gave his consent to the ordinance, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said his party will oppose the the ordinance in the assembly. Instead, bring in an ordinance for the acquisition …
Read More »UP approves the law of ‘love jihad’: 10 years in prison, canceling the marriage if it is for conversion
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 …
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