Lucknow: Following the footsteps of Madhya Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh Home Department has sent a proposal to the state's Department of Law to form a strict law against 'Love Jihad.'
"A strict law against 'love jihad' will soon be brought in the state. Home Department has sent a proposal to the Department of Law," the Home Department said in a statement on Friday.
Recently, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had spoken of bringing the law during an election meeting and said that the UP government would not allow or tolerate conversions by conspiracy.
He had also cited Allahabad High Court's order.
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The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission had submitted a proposal to the Yogi government regarding the same in 2019.
Responding to a query in Lok Sabha in February this year, the Union Home Ministry had clarified the term 'love jihad' is not defined under the existing laws and no such case has been reported so far.
Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra had said that the state government will bring a bill against 'love jihad' in the next Assembly session that will have the provision of five years of rigorous imprisonment.
(With inputs from ANI)
