The Bill was tabled in the state Assembly by Legislative Affairs Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja.
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Assembly has passed a Bill to amend the Dharma Swatantrya (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as `Love Jihad`, on the concluding day of the ongoing Budget session on Thursday.
However, the opposition Congress questioned its intentions and dubbed the bill as a tool to attain political mileage and create a religious divide.
Tabled by the ruling BJP, the amendment seeks to prohibit and punish religious conversion promising a better lifestyle, divine blessings and impersonation on the pretext of marriage. The Bill was tabled in the state
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Gandhinagar– The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to amend the ‘Dharma Swatantrya’ (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as ‘Love Jihad’, on the concluding day of the Budget session.
However, the opposition Congress questioned its intentions and dubbed the bill as a tool to attain political mileage and create religious divide.
Tabled by the ruling BJP, the amendment seeks to prohibit and punish religious conversion promising better lifestyle, divine blessings and impersonation on the pretext of marriage.
The Bill was tabled in the state Assembly by Legislative Affairs Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja.
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Cong MLA tears copy of Love Jihad Bill in Gujarat Assembly
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54 arrested in a month under love jihad law in UP. Image Source: IANS News
Gandhinagar April 1 : Sparks flew in the Gujarat Assembly on the concluding day of the Budget session on Thursday with Congress legislator Imran Khedawala tearing a copy of the Bill proposed to amend the Dharma Swatantrya (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 aimed to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as Love Jihad , that was tabled in the House by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While speaking on the provisions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala said, Home Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja has only mentioned that the daughters of the Hindu community are targeted by men from a specific community. Daughters, be it from any religious community, will always be our daughters. I too have over hundred testimonies of Muslim girls marrying into other religion. I am deeply hurt by the words of the minister