Various BJP-ruled states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh are considering laws to combat the so-called “love jihad”. Karnataka already has a law against forced conversions.
Bengaluru: The BJP’s Karnataka chief has advised his party workers to focus on fighting “love jihad” instead of “minor issues” like road and sewage problems.
Nalin Kateel, a BJP MP, made the comments at a party meeting on Monday in poll-bound Karnataka.
“I am asking you people – don’t speak about minor issues like road and sewage. If you are worried about your children’s future and if you want to stop ‘love Jihad’, then we need BJP for that. To get rid of love jihad, we need BJP,” Mr. Kateel addressed booth-level workers of the party.
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The opposition Congress slammed the remarks, accusing the ruling party of trying to polarize voters.”This is the worst (reply).
They are not looking at development, they are looking at hate, they are looking at dividing the country…That is why we are only looking at development,” said DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president.
“They are just playing people on emotion. We want jobs, we want that price rise should not affect people, we are worried about the daily living of people,” he told while interacting with the press
Various BJP-ruled states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh are considering laws to combat the so-called “love jihad”. Karnataka already has a law against forced conversions.
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