Not in favour of legal guidelines towards conversion for marriage: JDU

Image Source : PTI Not in favour of legal guidelines towards conversion for marriage: JDU  At a time when BJP dominated states are making laws towards conversion for marriage, the Janata Dal (United), an ally of the saffron celebration in Bihar, on Sunday asserted that such legal guidelines will create social hatred and division within the society which it doesn’t approve of. “An atmosphere of hatred and division is being created in the society in the name of Love Jihad,” Tyagi advised reporters after the celebration’s nationwide government assembly. The time period “love jihad” is utilized by right-wing activists to confer with the alleged marketing campaign of Muslims forcing Hindu ladies to transform within the guise of affection. “Provisions of the Constitution and CrPC give freedom to two adults to choose life partners of their choice irrespective of one’s religion, caste or region,” Tyagi stated. Socialists have upheld the correct of adults to marry regardless of caste and creed because the days of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia, he stated. Lohia was a socialist ideologue.  The Cabinet in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh on Saturday handed a Bill which offers for jail time period of as much as 10 years and advantageous of Rs 1 lakh for conversion via marriage or by every other fraudulent means. The invoice in some methods is just like an Ordinance notified by the BJP authorities in Uttar Pradesh final month. In UP, a PIL has been filed within the Allahabad High Court difficult the ordiance, contending that it impinges upon the elemental proper to alternative and proper to vary of religion. Latest India News