The Telangana BJP unit has demanded the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government to bring in a 'Love Jihad' Bill in the state on the lines of the one introduced by the Uttar Pradesh government.
The BJP spokesperson NV Subhash said that there has been a large-scale influx of illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants into Telangana in general and Hyderabad in particular, to permanently settle and change the demography.
These illegal immigrants are encouraging conversions of innocent girls by indulging in 'Love Jihad', he alleged.
“The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill which was introduced by Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath in February 2021 is now giving good results in UP. The amendments to this bill were passed by the UP assembly recently, envisaging stringent punishment. It is a bold step to stop the forcible conversion and to prevent the demographic change in the population," Subash said.
"It addresses the most important aspect of the attack on innocent Hindu Tribal , Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe girls who are falling prey to external radical Islamists, who have a single point agenda of destroying the Hindu family values and impose the Islamic agenda which is being taught in many of the illegally funded madrasas in bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh,” the BJP leader said.
He claimed that several cases of Love Jihad were reported recently in Telangana and the UP model should be replicated in all the states to save Hindu Girls.
“This bill will provide honour and dignity for women,” Subhash said.
The UP assembly recently passed the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 making the law stricter by providing for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for those found guilty of marrying a woman by deceiving her and illegally converting her religion.
The Bill says that if a person threatens, attacks, marries or promises to marry or conspires for it, or traffics a woman, minor or anyone with the intention of conversion, then his crime will be placed in the most serious category.
In such cases, there is a provision for 20 years imprisonment or life imprisonment. Under the amended provisions, any person can register a First Information Report (FIR) in conversion cases. Earlier, under the Unlawful Conversion Act, 2021, the presence of the victim, her parents or siblings was necessary to provide information or lodge a complaint.
The new Bill proposes that cases of unlawful conversion will not be heard by any court below the Sessions Court, and along with this, a bail plea will not be considered without allowing the public prosecutor. The Bill has also made all the crimes under the amended Act non-bailable.
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