Define love jihad legally first: Shiv Sena on anti-conversion law

Updated On: 25 November, 2020 09:13 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI

some BJP-ruled states have announced plans to prevent the so-called "love jihad", a term coined by right-wing activists to describe an alleged conspiracy to convert Hindu women to Islam by marrying them

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Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said "Love Jihad" needs to be first defined legally, and BJP leaders should come out of the "illusion"" that they can trouble the Maharashtra government by harping on the issue.

Without taking any name, an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said BJP's Minister of State for Home Affairs earlier this year said in Parliament that the concept of "Love Jihad" has no place in law and till now no case has been reported by central agencies in this connection.