Foreign nations funding love jihad: MP minister

November 26, 2020 19:56

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Amid the uproar over 'love jihad', Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Arvind Bhadoria on Thursday said love jihad and religious conversions were being funded by foreign countries and termed it a conspiracy against India.

"Love jihad and religious conversions are being funded by foreign countries. It's a big conspiracy against India. Targets are given saying they will give money to marry Hindu girls. There should be a detailed probe by Home Ministry into such funding and action should be taken against the culprits," Arvind Bhadoria told ANI.

"The Madhya Pradesh government is bringing a strict law on 'love jihad'. The women who were exploited in the garb of it and abandoned later should be rehabilitated. Unless strong laws are not brought the menace of love jihad will continue," he added.

The Madhya Pradesh government has proposed a maximum punishment of 10 years for so-called 'love jihad'-related offences, in its new ordinance.

With this, the state government has doubled the jail term in its proposed Freedom of Religion Bill 2020.

It had earlier proposed a five-year jail term.

Under this proposed ordinance, there will be a provision of punishment of up to five years for the religious leaders, qazis or maulvi who have preformed religious conversion before submitting the application.

The complaint of conversion and forced marriage can be made by the victim, parents, family or guardian.

-- ANI

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