Haryana govt is all set to carry a legislation in opposition to “Love Jihad”. Good resolution and really well timed

As the Haryana authorities prepares to current the state price range within the upcoming price range session of the state Assembly, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has said that the federal government will carry a invoice in opposition to non secular conversions by way of drive or fraudulent means to deal with the menace of ‘Love Jihad’.“The enactment of this law will prevent any attempt to get religious conversion by force, inducement, bluff of marriage or by any other unethical methods by anyone in the state,” stated state Home Minister Anil Vij after presiding over a gathering of the committee tasked with drafting the invoice.Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Vij stated, “We have prepared a draft of the bill against religious conversions (through force or fraud) and it will be brought in the coming budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.”The drafting committee contains of Secretary, Home-I Department, T L Satyaprakash; Additional Director General of Police Navdeep Singh Virk and Additional Advocate General Deepak Manchanda. The three-member committee to draft the invoice was fashioned final yr in November after Anil Vij’s pledge to curb the menace of affection jihad in Haryana.Vij again then was taking a leaf out of the books of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Last yr, the Uttar Pradesh authorities beneath CM Yogi Adityanath had cleared a draft ordinance in opposition to love jihad and forceful non secular conversions by way of drive or fraudulent means.While Himachal Pradesh again in 2019, noticed its Assembly go a invoice in opposition to conversion by drive, inducement or by way of a wedding solemnised for the “sole purpose” of adopting a brand new faith. Vij had sought data from Himachal Pradesh for a similar and it appears that evidently Haryana’s very personal invoice in opposition to love jihad has lastly come to fruition.Recently, the ‘Metro Man of India’ – E Sreedharan said that the menace of affection jihad is actual and that he personally can’t ignore the identical. Speaking to NDTV, Sreedharan stated, “Love jihad, yes, I see what’s happened in Kerala. How Hindus are being tricked in a marriage and how they suffer…not only Hindus, Muslims, the Christian girls are being tricked in a marriage. Now that sort of a thing I certainly will oppose.”Read More: Not a cry of the right-wing fringe? Now Metro Man E Sreedharan says love jihad is a matter and should be combattedIt appears that the efforts to outlaw love jihad are selecting tempo because the BJP dominated states expedite their respective variations of payments to make compelled conversions against the law. After Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, the Haryana authorities beneath Manohar Lal Khattar too is setting a precedent for different states of India by bringing a strict legislation to finish the menace of forceful non secular conversions as soon as and for all.