The Madhya Pradesh cabine approved the Dharma Swatantrata (Religious Freedom) Ordinance on Tuesday.
The Ordinance aims to deal with the so-called ‘love jihad’ cases, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said earlier.
Provision for the imprisonment of five to 10 years and fine of at least Rs 100,000 is being made for attempting mass religious conversion (of two or more persons),” said Chouhan.
With this, the state government has doubled the jail term in its proposed Freedom of Religion Bill 2020. It had earlier proposed a five-year jail term.
It had earlier proposed a five-year jail term.
Under this new proposed ordinance, there will be a provision of punishment of up to 5 years for a religious leader who has performed religious conversion before submitting an application.
The complaint of conversion and forced marriage can be made by the victim, parents, family or guardian.
