Love Jihad: Karnataka BJP leader\'s statement kicks up controversy
1 year, 11 months ago

Love Jihad: Karnataka BJP leader\'s statement kicks up controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: The recent statement about Love Jihad by BJP Karnataka state president Nalin Kumar Kateel has raked up fresh controversy in the state. The viral video shows Nalin asking the party workers not to take up small issues like roads, gutters, and drains but bring BJP to power to fight against Love Jihad. Nalin also spoke about the strict measures taken by the BJP government including the ban on PFI,” spokesperson Jagadeesh Shenava said. “Nalin continued his speech and said that instead of speaking on small issues like uncompleted road and drain works, the party workers should take up bigger issues like Love Jehad which is haunting the country.

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Muslim Leaders, Oppn Hail Mohan Bhagwat's Remarks On Temple-Mosque Disputes
3 days, 21 hours ago

Muslim Leaders, Oppn Hail Mohan Bhagwat's Remarks On Temple-Mosque Disputes

ABP News  

New Delhi, Dec 20 Several political leaders, particularly from the Opposition, have welcomed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement condemning certain Hindu leaders for raising issues about new Hindu sites driven by hate and enmity. “Mohan Bhagwat’s statement is correct, but what about the violence against Muslims -- mob lynchings, demolitions of their homes, and other oppressive acts? Samajwadi …

Telangana BJP MP Appeals Christians' Support Against Love Jihad, Tears Bangladesh Flag During Goa Event
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Telangana BJP MP Appeals Christians' Support Against Love Jihad, Tears Bangladesh Flag During Goa Event

ABP News  

Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh gave controversial remarks on Sunday appealing to Christians to join hands with Hindus for the united fight against "love jihad" which is affecting both religions. Addressing a Bajrand Dal rally at Curchorem in south Goa, the BJP legislator said India won't have a Hindu prime minister in the next 20 to 30 years if …

Uttarkashi Mahapanchayat: TG MLA urges U'Khand CM to adopt Yogi's approach to counter 'love jihad'
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Uttarkashi Mahapanchayat: TG MLA urges U'Khand CM to adopt Yogi's approach to counter 'love jihad'

New Indian Express  

DEHRADUN: BJP MLA from Hyderabad T Raja Singh sparked controversy on Sunday by calling for the demolition of illegal mosques in Uttarakhand, and drawing a parallel with the actions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Addressing a 'Mahapanchayat' organized by Hindu nationalist groups in Uttarkashi, Raja said, "The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami should follow in the …

Atul Limaye: RSS strategist who enabled the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to pull off a historic victory in Maharashtra
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Atul Limaye: RSS strategist who enabled the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to pull off a historic victory in Maharashtra

Op India  

The historic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra has surprised everyone. Aside from this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rapid rallies and slogans such as ‘Ek hein to safe hein’, programs like ‘Ladki behna yojana,’ the Mahayuti government’s developmental initiatives and the opposition’s Muslim appeasement policies were the primary causes of its success. When these key …

Maharashtra polls: ‘Vote jihad’ battle intensifies as campaign nears end
1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: ‘Vote jihad’ battle intensifies as campaign nears end

Hindustan Times  

The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday accused Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders of giving a religious colour to the upcoming assembly polls by raking up ‘vote jihad’ for the sake of votes. Earlier on Friday, BJP leader and home minister Devendra Fadnavis had called for a ‘dharma-yudh of votes’ to …

Pawar accuses Fadnavis of coining ‘vote jihad’ to polarise Assembly poll
1 month, 1 week ago

Pawar accuses Fadnavis of coining ‘vote jihad’ to polarise Assembly poll

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday accused BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis of giving religious colour to the state Assembly election by talking about “vote jihad”. In his election rally a day before, Mr. Fadnavis played a video clip of All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Maulana Sajad Nomani appealing to people to carry out “vote jihad”. The BJP …

Won't allow 'vote jihad' in Maharashtra polls: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane
1 month, 1 week ago

Won't allow 'vote jihad' in Maharashtra polls: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane

New Indian Express  

KANKAVLI: Maharashtra BJP MLA Nitesh Rane has said he will ensure "vote jihad" does not happen in the upcoming state assembly polls and maintained he was not afraid of the multiple FIRs about hate speeches registered against him. The BJP leader claimed "vote jihad" happened during the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year. "We will ensure this vote jihad …

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP

Op India  

On Friday, 8th November, BJP’s Kirit Somaiya filed a police complaint at Mulund Police station in Maharashtra’s Mumbai against the Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh alleging them of practising vote jihad ahead of the state assembly elections, voting for which is scheduled to happen on 20th November. It has come to the fore that around 180 NGOs are working on the …

'Vote jihad' in Maharashtra? Over 180 'NGOs' work to enrol Muslim voters, polarise them under the pretext of creating voter awareness
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Vote jihad' in Maharashtra? Over 180 'NGOs' work to enrol Muslim voters, polarise them under the pretext of creating voter awareness

Op India  

The assembly elections in Maharashtra are just 10-12 days away. The said ‘NGOs’ are working specifically among the Muslim community to raise ‘awareness’ and increase the community’s voter turnout against the BJP, the strategy that helped the MVA led by Congress during the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Thakur also highlighted that concerns among Muslim voters regarding central government policies, …

Assam BJP promises law against 'land jihad': ‘No Hindu-Muslim deal without…’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam BJP promises law against 'land jihad': ‘No Hindu-Muslim deal without…’

Hindustan Times  

The Assam government is planning to enact a law against “land jihad”, said chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma said Hindus and Muslims buying each other's land in the state will have to secure the permission of the government. Himanta Biswa Sarma said the government is also mulling legislation against the so-called …

BJP to push hardline Hindutva agenda ahead of Maharashtra polls
4 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP to push hardline Hindutva agenda ahead of Maharashtra polls

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: After a poor showing in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party has seemingly adopted a hardline Hindutva agenda ahead of the assembly elections. With about two months to go before the assembly polls in October, BJP leaders have also been vocal about conspiracies like “land jihad”, “love jihad”, and waqf land-related cases. This happened in …

Yogi Adityanath attacks SP leader's ‘vote jihad’ remark in UP's Farrukhabad: ‘Conspiracy to…’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yogi Adityanath attacks SP leader's ‘vote jihad’ remark in UP's Farrukhabad: ‘Conspiracy to…’

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that those who talk about 'jihad' are tarnishing democracy and they should remember that India is the land of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna. His remarks came days after Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam, the niece of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, called for "vote jihad" in favour of Naval Kishore …

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lamented Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress during his public address in Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar and Bolpur in West Bengal saying that TMC has reduced Hindus to second-class citizens. Starting with the slogans of Jai Maa Durga, Jai Maa Kali and Har Har Mahadev, Modi spoke vividly and furiously about various hot issues, including Sandeshkhali, Ram mandir, …

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

BJP blames 'love jihad' for Neha Hiremath's murder in Hubballi
8 months ago

BJP blames 'love jihad' for Neha Hiremath's murder in Hubballi

Hindustan Times  

The murder of the daughter of a Congress councillor in Hubballi on her college campus for allegedly rejecting a man's marriage proposal, has triggered a political row in poll-bound Karnataka. While the ruling Congress claimed “a personal angle”, the Opposition BJP suspects that the motivation behind the murder was "love jihad". Neha Hiremath, a first-year MCA student in BVB College, …

Karnataka Woman's Brutal Murder Upstages Congress' Caste & Development Agenda, BJP Claims 'Love Jihad'
8 months ago

Karnataka Woman's Brutal Murder Upstages Congress' Caste & Development Agenda, BJP Claims 'Love Jihad'

News 18  

It has been raining in most parts of Karnataka, giving respite to people from the unbearable heat. The BJP, which was not depending much on Hindutva in this election, was worried about Congress’s caste realignment and the perceived success of five guarantees across the poor and lower class in the state. To make the election less Modi-centric, the Congress is …

These news channels have been warned over ‘love jihad’ shows
9 months, 3 weeks ago

These news channels have been warned over ‘love jihad’ shows

Live Mint  

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has taken action against several news channels for their shows. TimesNow Navbharat and News18 India faced fines for their segments on "love jihad". The term "love jihad" must be used with "great introspection as religious stereotyping amounts to violation of the Code of Ethics and can corrode the secular fabric of the country", …

BJP-RSS spreading hatred, while love is in India's DNA, says Rahul Gandhi
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP-RSS spreading hatred, while love is in India's DNA, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

The BJP and RSS are spreading hatred while love is in the DNA of this country, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatraresumed in Chhattisgarh on February 11 after a two-day break. Addressing a gathering in Kevdabadi Chowk in Raigarh, Mr. Gandhi said his party wants a "Hindustan for the future generation where hatred and violence …

Muslims will vote for Congress, says Uttam
1 year, 1 month ago

Muslims will vote for Congress, says Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Muslims were rallying behind the Congress as they are fed up with the BJP’s ‘divisive politics’ and also the BRS, which he alleged was the B-team of the BJP. Speaking after several Muslim leaders joined the Congress in the presence of Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday in Huzurnagar, the Nalgonda …

BJP will act against 'love jihad', cow smuggling if voted to power in Chhattisgarh: Yogi Adityanath
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP will act against 'love jihad', cow smuggling if voted to power in Chhattisgarh: Yogi Adityanath

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said action will be taken against those spreading chaos in the name of "love jihad" and cow smuggling in Chhattisgarh, if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the state. Addressing a rally in Kawardha assembly seat of poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday, CM Adityanath termed the Congress as a "problem for the …

The role of the Church in Kerala’s politics
1 year, 2 months ago

The role of the Church in Kerala’s politics

Hindustan Times  

Bins Abraham owns a 12-acre rubber plantation in Erattupetta, a plantation town nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats. Though the term “love jihad” was coined by Right-wing Hindu groups in 2007, the Catholic Church in Kerala began to use it as an instrument to discourage inter-religious marriages. In January 2020, the synod or highest administrative body of Syro-Malabar …

Want peaceful co-existence between Hindus & Muslims, but love jihad…: Himanta
1 year, 4 months ago

Want peaceful co-existence between Hindus & Muslims, but love jihad…: Himanta

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has been vocal against 'love jihad', said on Saturday said it must be stopped as it creates tension in society. Sarma, who was speaking to reporters at Bongaigaon after a two-day convention of police superintendents of the state, said he wants peaceful co-existence among Hindus and Muslims in the state but "Issues like …

Their homes were marked with black X signs. Now Muslims in India are leaving Himalayan towns in fear for their lives
1 year, 6 months ago

Their homes were marked with black X signs. Now Muslims in India are leaving Himalayan towns in fear for their lives

The Independent  

When angry marchers filed past their Himalayan home, Naaz and her husband Irfan* were among the Muslims cowering in a back room, braced for violence. Several right-wing groups, including the prominent Hindu organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad, labelled the abduction a case of “love jihad” – a right-wing, Islamophobic conspiracy theory that claims Muslim fundamentalists are plotting to convert Hindu and …

Background checks will curb ‘love jihad’, says Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
1 year, 6 months ago

Background checks will curb ‘love jihad’, says Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

The Hindu  

With tension brewing in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi town after a minor girl attempted to elope with a boy from the minority community, the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that to check the rising cases of “love jihad”, the government will launch background checks for people who recently moved to Uttarakhand. ‘Devbhoomi Raksha Abhiyan’, a right-wing group, has allegedly …

OPINION | HOW TO PREVENT ‘LOVE JIHAD’
1 year, 6 months ago

OPINION | HOW TO PREVENT ‘LOVE JIHAD’

India TV News  

LOVE JIHAD : Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s youth outfit Bajrang Dal has announced that it would set up “Anti-Romeo Force” to protect Hindu daughters if police fails to stop incidents of ‘love jihad’. After a jilted Muslim lover Sahil stabbed a Hindu girl Sakshi to death, it was found that he was wearing ‘kalaava’ and a ‘rudraksh mala’ to fool the …

Karnataka has shown how to defeat Modi — India must now learn
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka has shown how to defeat Modi — India must now learn

Al Jazeera  

Modi turned the state election into a referendum on himself. India’s political landscape is again alive with new possibilities after the southern state of Karnataka threw the Hindu supremacist Bhartiya Janata Party out of power in recently-held assembly elections and elected the long-struggling Congress Party. The decisive defeat of the BJP in Karnataka means that now, all of southern India …

After Karnataka, more lessons for the BJP
1 year, 7 months ago

After Karnataka, more lessons for the BJP

The Hindu  

The Congress party’s overwhelming victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections has put paid for now to the grumbling that followed its earlier resounding defeats in three State Assembly elections in the Northeast, in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland. The campaigns, the results The results of the Assembly elections in Karnataka were even better than most supporters of the Congress had dared …

Small communal fires across state stoke larger concerns
1 year, 7 months ago

Small communal fires across state stoke larger concerns

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The devastated family of Vilas Gaikwad, 41, killed this Saturday in a riot at Akola, is still clueless about why he was targeted by the mob. Apart from Saturday’s Akola riot, there have been three incidents of communal clashes in the state in the last three months alone: A Ram Navmi procession on March 30th resulted in clashes in …

'The Kerala Story' draws nation's attention to love jihad: UP CM Yogi Adityanath after attending screening
1 year, 7 months ago

'The Kerala Story' draws nation's attention to love jihad: UP CM Yogi Adityanath after attending screening

India TV News  

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on 'The Kerala Story' : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today watched a special screening of 'The Kerala Story' in Lucknow along with his ministerial colleagues, and claimed the movie draws the nation's attention to 'love jihad'. In a tweet in Hindi earlier in the day, the chief minister said, "Watched the film 'The Kerala …

Karnataka polls: How BJP, Congress are running the last leg of their campaign
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka polls: How BJP, Congress are running the last leg of their campaign

India Today  

In the final, hectic run of electioneering under way in Karnataka, two key factors will be put to the test. In just the space of a weekend beginning April 29, the PM squeezed in six rallies across the state and two roadshows in Bengaluru and Mysuru—all of them witnessing sizeable turnouts that the BJP is hoping would give its campaign …

BJP and its divisive agenda not acceptable to the people of Shivajinagar: Rizwan Arshad
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP and its divisive agenda not acceptable to the people of Shivajinagar: Rizwan Arshad

The Hindu  

One of the youngest leaders of the Congress, Rizwan Arshad, is campaigning in full swing with the hopes of securing the Shivajinagar seat for the second time. The BJP and its divisive agenda is not acceptable to the people of Shivajinagar. The halal meat controversy last year affected the traders at Russel Market. The Hindu brethren came out and said …

Political Line | Big Picture: BJP’s Gujarat model faces resistance in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Political Line | Big Picture: BJP’s Gujarat model faces resistance in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat model of social engineering is facing stiff resistance in Karnataka. The BJP’s rainbow caste coalitions either isolate or tame dominant castes in each region — the Patels in Gujarat; the Jats in Rajasthan, Haryana, and U.P. Santosh, the party’s National General Secretary, who is from Karnataka, is key in the transformation that the BJP is …

If BJP Leaders' Daughters Marry Muslims They Call it Love, But When Others Do So It's 'Jihad': Chhattisgarh CM
1 year, 8 months ago

If BJP Leaders' Daughters Marry Muslims They Call it Love, But When Others Do So It's 'Jihad': Chhattisgarh CM

News 18  

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in double standards, saying that when the daughters of BJP leaders get married to Muslims, they call it love, but if anybody else does so then it’s dubbed as “jihad”. Talking to reporters in Bilaspur town of the state, he also accused the saffron party of …

'Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching' alleges Kapil Sibal
1 year, 8 months ago

'Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching' alleges Kapil Sibal

India TV News  

Ram Navami Violence: In view of violence erupted in West Bengal's Howrah, Kapil Sibal on Saturday alleged that communal violence was on the table for the BJP with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections approaching. Violence and arson were reported from West Bengal's Howrah district after clashes broke out between two groups during Ram Navami festivities, with the BJP and the …

Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching, alleges Sibal
1 year, 8 months ago

Communal violence on table for BJP with 2024 polls approaching, alleges Sibal

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on April 1 alleged that communal violence was on the table for the BJP with the 2024 general elections approaching, and recent incidents in West Bengal and Gujarat were a "trailer." Violence and arson were reported from West Bengal's Howrah district after clashes broke out between two groups during Ram Navami festivities, with the BJP …

BJP MLC Demands Law Against ‘Love Jihad’ in Maharashtra, Fadnavis Says Govt Mulling Legal Solution
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP MLC Demands Law Against ‘Love Jihad’ in Maharashtra, Fadnavis Says Govt Mulling Legal Solution

News 18  

Worried about alleged forced religious conversions in rural Maharashtra, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar has demanded an anti-conversion law in the Legislative Council. Speaking in the Legislative Council, Padalkar said that for the past few months, the Hindu Garjana group has been organising protests across the state against so-called ‘love jihad’, and alleged cow slaughter. In response, deputy chief minister Fadnavis …

In a Fresh Row, Karnataka BJP State Chief Kateel Calls Siddaramaiah ‘Broker’ After ‘Love Jihad’ Remark
1 year, 10 months ago

In a Fresh Row, Karnataka BJP State Chief Kateel Calls Siddaramaiah ‘Broker’ After ‘Love Jihad’ Remark

News 18  

BJP Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel during his speech at the ‘Vijay Sankalpa Yatra’ in Koppal district has not only spoken about Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan but also attacked former chief minister Siddaramaiah by calling him a “broker” who was previously striking deals with the JDS and now with the Congress to become the CM face for the upcoming assembly …

Water Main Poll Issue in Karnataka, Love Jihad BJP Agenda: DK Shivakumar at CNN-News18 Townhall
1 year, 10 months ago

Water Main Poll Issue in Karnataka, Love Jihad BJP Agenda: DK Shivakumar at CNN-News18 Townhall

News 18  

Water is the most important issue in the upcoming Karnataka elections, while ‘love jihad’ is an agenda of the ruling BJP, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar said while speaking to CNN-News18’s Marya Shakil at the channel’s Bengaluru Townhall on Tuesday. At the event, Shivakumar said the previous Congress governments in the state started programmes for clean and drinking water. News18 …

Forensic team visits television show's set, seizes late actor Tunisha Sharma's belongings for investigation
1 year, 11 months ago

Forensic team visits television show's set, seizes late actor Tunisha Sharma's belongings for investigation

Firstpost  

The police have recorded the statements of 16 persons, including those who were present on the set on Saturday, he said. A team from a Forensic Science Laboratory in Mumbai has visited the set of the television show in Maharashtra’s Palghar district where actor Tunisha Sharma was found dead and seized various materials including a crepe bandage which she allegedly …

Maharashtra is planning law to curb ‘love jihad’: Minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Maharashtra is planning law to curb ‘love jihad’: Minister

The Hindu  

Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Girish Mahajan has alleged that the death of television actress Tunisha Sharma is a matter of ‘love jihad’ and the State is planning to bring a strict law to curb such incidents. To study laws ‘Love jihad’ is a term often used by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu …

How Hemant Soren has destroyed the social fabric of Jharkhand
2 years ago

How Hemant Soren has destroyed the social fabric of Jharkhand

Firstpost  

As someone who has grown up in Jharkhand, I have seen Jharkhand’s diverse cultural ethos as the state’s greatest strength as well as its distinctive identity. All top BJP leaders in Jharkhand, including state president Deepak Prakash, have repeatedly raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshis in Santhal Parganas and their modus operandi. The big question here is: Is CM Hemant …

'As if one has entered Bangladesh': BJP's Giriraj Singh on Bihar's Seemanchal
2 years ago

'As if one has entered Bangladesh': BJP's Giriraj Singh on Bihar's Seemanchal

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday claimed religious conversations were taking place in Bihar at a great speed, stressing the need for a strong anti-conversion law. The firebrand BJP leader alleged that the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan government was "concerned only about its Muslim vote bank". "I wonder who will think of Hindus in Bihar where the ruling Mahagathbandhan is concerned …

Pro-Hindu groups demand separate law against Love Jihad in Karnataka
2 years ago

Pro-Hindu groups demand separate law against Love Jihad in Karnataka

India Today  

Pro-Hindu organisations have demanded a separate law against Love Jihad in the state of Karnataka. Meanwhile, posters by pro-Hindu organisations have emerged in Puttur city stating the need for a law against Love Jihad in the state. The poster also says that Love Jihad was the reason behind Aftab murdering Shraddha and chopping her into 35 pieces. “To save such …

MCD polls: Assam CM raises Mehrauli killing issue, demands law against 'Love Jihad'
2 years, 1 month ago

MCD polls: Assam CM raises Mehrauli killing issue, demands law against 'Love Jihad'

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against "Love Jihad" as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal polls in northeast Delhi which was struck by communal riots in 2020. "Love Jihad" is a term often used by the BJP and Hindu right-wing leaders to refer to illegal …

Assam CM Himanta Raises Mehrauli Killing Issue, Demands Law Against 'Love Jihad'
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam CM Himanta Raises Mehrauli Killing Issue, Demands Law Against 'Love Jihad'

ABP News  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against "Love Jihad" as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal polls in northeast Delhi which was struck by communal riots in 2020. "Love Jihad" is a term often used by the BJP and Hindu right-wing leaders to refer to illegal …

Assam CM Himanta demands law against 'Love Jihad'; appeals to shun 'anti-Hindu, corrupt leaders'
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam CM Himanta demands law against 'Love Jihad'; appeals to shun 'anti-Hindu, corrupt leaders'

India TV News  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday demanded a stringent law against "Love Jihad" as he raised the issue of the gruesome Mehrauli killing while campaigning for the municipal polls in northeast Delhi which was struck by communal riots in 2020. "Love Jihad" is a term often used by the BJP and Hindu right-wing leaders to refer to illegal …

Gujarat Assembly polls: BJP campaigners use Mehrauli murder and Medha Patkar to target Congress
2 years, 1 month ago

Gujarat Assembly polls: BJP campaigners use Mehrauli murder and Medha Patkar to target Congress

The Hindu  

Amidst rising political temperatures in Gujarat, the ruling party’s stalwarts are going beyond the Gujarat development narrative to target the opposition Congress. In a speech full of vitriolic barbs, the Chief Minister of Assam exhorted the people of Gujarat to once again elect the BJP government and slammed the Congress for “appeasement” of Muslims. In his speeches at different places …

How a ‘love jihad’ case was manufactured in India’s Uttar Pradesh
2 years, 4 months ago

How a ‘love jihad’ case was manufactured in India’s Uttar Pradesh

Al Jazeera  

The story of a woman who was an alleged ‘complainant’ against her Muslim partner that led to his imprisonment for months. “It was a case of love; they turned it into something called ‘love jihad’,” Kaur told Al Jazeera as she locked the doors of the small house she shared with her parents. by Amandeep Kaur, 24 When asked about …

Party Wants Either Muslims or Christians on Its Side to Crack Kerala Conundrum - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

Party Wants Either Muslims or Christians on Its Side to Crack Kerala Conundrum - News18

News 18  

From just seven states in 2014 to 17 states in 2022, the BJP footprint has grown beyond traditional strongholds to conquer new forts like the Northeast. In Part 5 of the series, we assess the BJP’s tactics to establish itself as a serious electoral contender in Kerala where tangible success still eludes it due to unique demographic challenges. He then …

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