Ganesh Puthur
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that ‘Love Jihad’ has become a cancer for social harmony and demanded Bihar government bring law against this like many other states. “I think love jihad has become a cancer for social harmony today. Now many states are enacting laws for it. Bihar too needs to work on this for social harmony without calling it communalism,” the minister said. There are multiple cases of Love Jihad and forceful conversion in the name of inter-religious marriages being reported from various parts of the nation.
Earlier, Maharashtra cabinet minister Aslam Sheikh while criticising various BJP ruled states for bringing law against love jihad had said that “the governments, which want to hide their inadequacies brings such laws”. His statement was later endorsed by Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi who reflected Shiv Sena’s betrayal of Hindutva for remaining in power. She had tweeted, “Who women marry will be decided by law, not for love. I learnt that Indian women are incapable of knowing who they love, trust, how to safeguard their interests, make a choice. Hence the government will make a law to decide for them”.
Giriraj Singh’s statement comes at a point when Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adithyanath had announced that his government would bring strong laws to curb Love Jihad in the state. Another BJP rules state, Madhya Pradesh, is also mulling to bring similar kind of law against Love Jihad.
