INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
interfaith marriages, a cognizable and non-bailable offence.The Bharatiya Janata Party and several rightwing, Hindutva outfits have been
targeting young couples and interfaith marriages, alleging that they are done with the intention to convert Hindu girls
legislation, christened Madhya Pradesh Dharma Swatantra Vidheyak, 2020, is ready
marriages and conversions null and void
It has provision to treat the collaborator in the forced marriage at par with the main accused.The district magistrate concerned has to be
informed one month in advance for voluntary conversion for marriage by both the persons concerned and the conversant, the draft bill
says.Madhya Pradesh is the third BJP-ruled state after Uttar Pradesh and Haryana that proposes to introduce a law to check what the BJP has
for targeting and attacking a particular community
