Chikkamagaluru: After BJP national general secretary CT Ravi, Chikmagalur-Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje raised the issue of love jihad and said an effective law is required to curb the alleged practice.
Speaking to reporters in Chikkamagaluru, she said love jihad is a conspiracy. It is not just love or marriage, it is beyond love, she added.
“It is another face of terrorism,” she said and added that it’s a tool. She also accused Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi of openly supporting love jihad.
“In Udupi, a love jihad case was reported. A youth eloped with a 17-year-old girl. It’s a planned conspiracy. The girl left her mobile phone at home and there is no trace of her. It is suspected that she has crossed the Karnataka border,” she said adding that some people are luring girls to convert by offering money.
“The only solution for love jihad and religious conversion is a stringent law. Karnataka should have an anti-love jihad and religious conversion law because Karnataka shares border with Tamil Nadu and Kerala, where such cases are on the rise. I am requesting the state government to follow the Uttar Pradesh model to bring the law to save our daughters and punish the culprits,” she added.
MP supports the proposal
Mysuru- Kodagu MP Pratapsimha said he supports the Jihad Law enactment proposal by the Karnataka government banning religious conversions for marriages. He said love marriages should not be abided by the conversions. “Earlier, chief minisiter BS Yediyurappa took a bold decision to cancel Tipu jayanti and now I believe the new law will be introduced to counter religious fanaticism,” he added.