UP Clears Order To Check Forced Conversions Amid "Love Jihad" Row

  • | Tuesday | 24th November, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday evening cleared an executive order to check forced religious conversion.

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday evening cleared an executive order to check forced religious conversion.

The passing of the executive order comes less than a month after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cited an Allahabad High Court order on religious conversion for marriage to raise the issue of "love jihad" and invoke "Ram naam satya" - a Hindu funeral chant - to issue a thinly-veiled threat to "those who... play with our sisters` respect".


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