UTTAR PRADESH DECLARES ‘LOVE JIHAD’ TO BE A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath consecrated to end ‘Love Jihad’.

The draft was approved on Tuesday, mentioning outlawing religious transformation and those found guilty will be imprisoned for 10 years. As stated by UP law commission chairperson AN MIttal, “The draft ordinance doesn’t mention the word ‘love jihad’ anywhere”. The draft canon, UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance-2020, constitutes arrangement to void marriage if it is solemnized basically to convert about woman’s faith.

Uttar Pradesh stands to be the first state in India to propose a law for regulating interfaith relationships.