‘Love Jihad’ Laws: UP Cabinet Clears Ordinance on Conversion

The ordinance targets forced conversions and reportedly makes conversion solely for marriage illegal.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday, 24 November, cleared its controversial proposed ordinance – ostensibly on unlawful conversions, but promoted recently by chief minister Yogi Adityanath and others to tackle what it and other BJP-ruled states have called ‘love jihad’.

The UP cabinet was scheduled to hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the ordinance among other matters. Cabinet minister Siddharth Nath Singh confirmed the development to ANI.

UP Cabinet decides to introduce an ordinance against unlawful religious conversions: State Cabinet Minister Siddharth Nath Singh pic.twitter.com/vUPO7SLyR7

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