Withdraw Love Jihad Ordinance : 100 Former Civil Servants Write to UP CM Adityanath UP state, once known as the cradle of the Ganga-Jamuna civilisation, has become the epicentre of the politics of hate.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath. Photo: Twitter/@myogiadityanath
Communalism29/Dec/2020
New Delhi: More than 100 former civil servants have written an open letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath, urging him to withdraw the ‘illegal‘ and ‘atrocious’ ordinance his government has brought to supposedly curb ‘love jihad’ cases.
‘Love jihad’ is a term recently given credence in Indian law, and refers to an imaginary concept coined by the Sangh Parivar to refer to a non-existent conspiracy by Muslims to trap Hindu women into conversions through forced marriage.
‘Mr CM, Withdraw The Heinous Ordinance’ Infamous Moradabad incident
Mananiya Mukhya Mantriji,
It is with deep disapproval and concern that we, a group of former civil servants, seek to address your government on a matter of overriding importance for the continued unity of our nation. We should like to clarify at the start that we, as a group, have no political affiliation but share a commitment to the idea of India as defined in our Constitution.
Today we wish to share our anguish at the infamous Moradabad incident, and several similar incidents that have occurred at about the same time in your state. In the Moradabad incident, 22-year-old Rashid and his 25-year-old brother, Saleem, were arrested, to be released only two weeks later when Rashid’s wife, Pinki, gave testimony that she had married him willingly, without any compulsion.
India: Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (.)
India: Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020: A Weapon to Wreck Havoc on the Innocent | Neha Dabhade
(Secular Perspective December 16-31, 2020)
The state of Uttar Pradesh is in the grips of the draconian law called Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020. This ordinance is essentially based on the conspiracy theory of the Hindu nationalists that Hindu women are seduced or lured by Muslim men in order to covert them to Islam under the pretext of marriage. While the claim is not supported by even a shred of evidence in terms of official data about such conversions, the UP government has been relentless in its propagation of falsehood. The ordinance attracts imprisonment of upto 10 years and is a non-bailable offence. Under the ordinance, any inter-faith couple has to apply to the District Magistrate two months prior to marriage in case