Bill to counter ‘love jihad’ in next Madhya Pradesh assembly session to save Hindu girls.

Collaborators in Love Jihad cases will be treated like main accused, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.

Law Against ‘Love Jihad’ Soon, 5 Years’ Jail, Says Madhya Pradesh Home Minister, Narottam Mishra.

Upendra Bharti | HENB | Bhopal | Nov 17, 2020:: Now, it’s a hard time for those Muslim guys trying to make ploy for alluring Hindu girls by taking false Hindu identity or to make torture upon Hindu girls for Islamic conversion or to entice Hindu girls in trafficking or Jihadi rackets or to leave them in prostitution. In any such case of perpetration, offenders may be put into rigorous imprisonment for five years with heavy compensation to the victims. 

Weeks after the Karnataka+, Haryana+ and Uttar Pradesh+ governments said they were considering legislation against “love jihad”, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra today said the state government would soon bring in a law to counter the problem.

A bill may be brought in in the next assembly session itself to tackle “love jihad”, Mr Mishra said, adding there will be a provision of five years rigorous imprisonment in it.

“Cases will be registered under non-bailable sections…The collaborator will also be the culprit like the main accused,” Mr Mishra said. “For voluntary conversion for marriage, it will be mandatory to apply to the collector a month in advance.”

In February this year, the Central government had told Parliament that the term “love jihad” is not defined under any existing law and no case has been reported by any central agency. With this, the central government had for the first time officially distanced itself from the idea of rightwing religious groups using marriage as a ruse to convert women.

However, on November 6, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said his government was keen on bringing in such a law against religious conversion in the name of “love jihad”.

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News Flow: ANI.