New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that the Narendra Modi government should bring in a strict law to prevent "love-jihad" in the country.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, organisation's joint General Secretary, Surendra Jain, claimed that lately there has been a volley of love-jihad cases.
He also released a list of 170 "love-jihad" cases that allegedly took place during the last 8-10 years.
He said that whether it is the case of a love-jihad victim sacrificing her life by self-immolation in Lucknow or the headless body of a love-jihad victim found in Sonbhadra, such incidents should never be tolerated.
Jain also alleged that organisations such as the PFI, SIMI, ISI are behind such incidents.
"That is why whenever and wherever there is a love-jihad case in a court of law, big lawyers are immediately given millions of rupees as fees to stand up to plead for jihadis.
He claimed that as per an estimate, every year more than 20,000 non-Muslim girls fall victim to this conspiracy.
VHP leader also lamented that the Chief Ministers of various states have also been expressing their concerns in this regard from time to time.
The VHP demands that the central and the state governments, realizing the monstrousness and magnitude of the love-jihad conspiracy, enact strong laws to stop it.
At the same time, VHP also appeals to the society to remain ever-more vigilant about such incidents and take constitutional measures to prevent them, Jain added.
