Various BJP-ruled states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh are considering laws to combat the so-called โlove jihadโ. Karnataka already has a law against forced conversions.
Bengaluru: The BJPโs Karnataka chief has advised his party workers to focus on fighting โlove jihadโ instead of โminor issuesโ like road and sewage problems.
Nalin Kateel, a BJP MP, made the comments at a party meeting on Monday in poll-bound Karnataka.
โI am asking you people โ donโt speak about minor issues like road and sewage. If you are worried about your childrenโs future and if you want to stop โlove Jihadโ, then we need BJP for that. To get rid of love jihad, we need BJP,โ 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.โThis is the worst (reply).
They are not looking at development, they are looking at hate, they are looking at dividing the countryโฆThat is why we are only looking at development,โ said DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president.
โThey 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,โ 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 โlove jihadโ. Karnataka already has a law against forced conversions.
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