New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Slamming politics of appeasement, BJP leader Amit Malviya on Friday dared Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, to meet and sympathise with a Dalit minor victim of ‘Islamic Jihad’ who was gang-raped in captivity for two months in Uttar … Read more
Jaipur, March 5 (IANS) BJP MP Damodar Agarwal on Wednesday demanded that a probe be conducted from a “love jihad” angle into the repeated gangrape of a woman in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district. Eight accused have been arrested in connection with the crime that sparked outrage. According to the complaint filed on March 2, 2024, the … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has constituted a seven-member committee, led by the state’s Director General of Police (DGP), to examine the legal aspects of a proposed law against forced religious conversions and cases of so-called “love jihad.” Reacting to this development, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha welcomed the move, calling it … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Amid demand from elected representatives and various organisations, the Maharashtra government on Friday formed a seven member committee headed by the state director general of police to study the legal provisions to curb the ‘love jihad’ (euphemism for interfaith relationships) and forced conversion or conversion by cheating. The committee is expected … Read more
Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Feb 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Ports and Fisheries Minister Nitesh Rane said on Monday here that the government of Hindutva ideology is ruling in the state and it will not tolerate “love jihad, land jihad, and cow slaughter”. Rane was speaking at the Sakal Hindu Samaj rally where he further hinted at bringing a … Read more