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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