MP to ban Love Jihad
Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020
Five-year jail term
Why in News?
The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh is going to make provisions for five-year imprisonment for ‘love jihad’.
The government would table the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020, in the next Vidhan Sabha session .
What are the features of the bill?
- The use of inducements, seduction, fraud or duress for marriage and religious conversions will invite five years’ imprisonment .
-Provision to declare marriages for religious conversion based on inducements, duress, fraud and seduction as null and void.
- Those abetting the offence would be considered as culprits just as the main accused.
- Those indulging in religious conversion for marriages, should inform the District Magistrates at least a month in advance, along with religious persons organising the conversions.
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