On Monday, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh introduced the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion (Amendment) Bill in the Assembly, mandating life imprisonment for ‘love jihad’ offenses. In a self-made video, Mr. Chand stated, “The BJP government has already enacted a law on Love Jihad. If someone manipulates another into a relationship with ulterior motives, there’s already a law for that. BJP only wants to engage in negative politics, ignoring issues like unemployment and exam paper leaks.”
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Yogi Government Introduces Love Jihad Bill
On Monday, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh presented the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion (Amendment) Bill in the Assembly, which proposes life imprisonment for ‘love jihad’ offenses. The bill also seeks to double the penalties for certain crimes. Earlier that day, UP CM introduced four new cabinet ministers—OP Rajbhar, Anil Kumar, Dara Singh Chauhan, and Sunil Sharma—as the Assembly session began.”These four Cabinet Ministers were part of this Assembly. I introduce them as part of the Cabinet in this House,” Adityanath said while speaking at the Assembly.
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Speaker Welcomes New Leader of Opposition
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana welcomed Samajwadi Party leader Mata Prasad Pandey who has been appointed as the Leader of Opposition in the House.”I thank you for your gesture. The state is facing very serious issues currently – there is flood, law and order issues and corruption as well,” Pandey said.In response, Speaker Satish Mahana said, “We will discuss all of these. You are the LoP and you have the right to give notices, you will do it and we will discuss all of them. The government is ready to answer.”The bill has proposed to double the punishments for certain crimes listed under it.