'Love jihad' crushes all fundamental rights of women: RSS leader

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar has urged the Central government and all state governments to frame a law against 'love jihad', alleging that it crushes the fundamental rights of the women.

New Delhi:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader and it's affiliate Muslim Vichar Manch's president, Indresh Kumar on Tuesday condemned 'love jihad' and urged the Central government and all state governments to frame a law against it.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, Kumar alleged that love jihad crushes the fundamental rights of the women and central government should enforce a law regarding this.

"Love jihad is a symbol that women can be tortured. A man can cheat a woman by showing his false identity and he can also pressurise her to change religion. Love jihad means that if she is not ready for marriage, he can force her and even shoot her. These things are against the Constitution. It is a fundamental need of the country to check this," Kumar said.

"We are appealing to all political parties and even to politicians that it is a bizarre kind of crime that gives rise to many crimes and poses a threat to the social and national integrity of India," he said.

"Due to vote-bank politics or other vested interests, states are not enforcing this law and they are not worrying about the future of women in this country," he said.

"We are also proposing that such crimes be declared a cognisable and non-bailable offence. There will be provision to declare marriages taking place forcefully, out of fraud or by tempting someone, for religious conversion, null and void," he said.