Uttar Pradesh Proposes Life Imprisonment For 'Love Jihad' Offences In New Amendment

The move, however, has drawn severe criticism from the Opposition. Fakhrul Hasan Chand, a leader of the Samajwadi Party, condemned the state government for the amendments related to "love jihad". He claimed that the BJP is only interested in "negative politics".

Chand posted a video on X (formerly Twitter), criticising the ordinance on Love Jihad, stating, "The BJP government, which has brought the ordinance on Love Jihad, already has a law on it. If someone traps someone in his/her love trap with some motive, then there is a law for it, but the BJP only wants to do negative politics. It does not want to do anything about unemployment and paper leaks,” he said.

Chand added, "Samajwadi Party understands that these are diversionary issues. These will not do any good to the people."