MP cupboard approves ‘love jihad legislation’, compelled conversion will invite 10-year-jail time period, penalty

New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh cupboard on Saturday permitted the ‘love jihad’ legislation or the MP Freedom of Religion Bill 2020 after a particular assembly chaired by the chief minister. The new legislation will invite 2-10 years of imprisonment and a high quality of Rs 1 lakh for conversion by way of marriage or by another fraudulent means.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra stated, “Under the new MP Freedom of Religion Bill 2020, forced conversion of a minor, woman or a person from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, would draw a minimum jail term of 2-10 years with a minimum penalty of Rs 50,000.”

किसी भी व्यक्ति के द्नारा अधिनियम का उल्लंघन करने पर एक साल से पांच साल तक के कारावास और 25 हजार रूपए का जुर्माना लगेगा। नाबालिग,महिला,अ.जा,अ.ज.जा के केस में दो से दस साल तक की कारावास और कम से कम 50 हजार रूपए का अर्थदंड लगाने का प्रावधान है।@BJP4India @BJP4MP @mohdept
— Dr Narottam Mishra (@drnarottammisra) December 26, 2020

Madhya Pradesh follows within the footsteps of Uttar Pradesh, the primary state was to approve a invoice towards compelled conversion, in proposing a legislation towards what nationalist leaders check with as ‘Love Jihad’.
He claimed that after enforced, this would be the most stringent legislation within the nation towards spiritual conversion carried out by fraudulent means, allurement or risk. After the approval by the cupboard, the invoice will now be introduced within the state Assembly. “This bill will replace the Religious Freedom Act of 1968 (after the approval by the state Assembly),” he stated.
We received’t enable compelled conversions in Madhya Pradesh. Under new invoice, anybody who does it would face jail time period as much as 10 yrs & minimal Rs 50,000 high quality. Many incidents got here to gentle the place minor ladies have been transformed, married & made to contest Panchayat polls,  stated MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

We will not enable compelled conversions in Madhya Pradesh. Under new invoice, anybody who does it would face jail time period as much as 10 yrs & minimal Rs 50,000 high quality. Many incidents got here to gentle the place minor ladies have been transformed, married & made to contest Panchayat polls: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan https://t.co/yYErFH85fH pic.twitter.com/5dcUVBXYlh
— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2020