"No charge mentioned in the Ordinance for implicating in the name of “Love Jihad”, Uttar Pradesh government files affidavit before Allahabad High Court in challenge to Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance #Conversion #UPOrdinance #UttarPradesh
"The Constitution of India abhors any form of forceful conversion particularly in matters of religion...it becomes the foremost duty of the State to protect its citizens from any kind of unlawful or forceful conversion..." #UttarPradesh #ConversionOrdinance #Conversion
"...personal law of the community to which the individual wants to enter upon by changing his religion causes issues of complexities as the dignity of the individual gets compromised and the individual is not assured of equality of status." #UttarPradesh #Conversion
"The legislation of identical nature are in existence at least in 8 States of the country." UP govt affidavit cites similar laws in Odisha, MP, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh. #UttarPradesh #ConversionOrdinance #Conversion
Affidavit highlights what is NOT forceful conversion as per the Ordinance #UttarPradesh #ConversionOrdinance #Conversion
Illustration of forceful conversion provided by UP government in its affidavit #UttarPradesh #ConversionOrdinance #Conversion

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