The BJP's usually neutral Defence minister Rajnath Singh came out strongly in support of the controversial "love jihad" law in Uttar Pradesh.
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00:00So, getting a conversion done to get married, I don't think it is right from a personal point of view.
00:10But it has a right. I mean, if someone wants to do it…
00:16Sir, you are an MP from UP, so I would like to ask a question about Uttar Pradesh.
00:21The anti-conversion law that has been introduced there, which is also known as Jihad Law,
00:26there a lot of people say that this law is being misused.
00:31The Hindu girl who wants to marry a Muslim boy, wants to marry willingly,
00:37the society does not allow her to do the first thing.
00:40And when she wants to do it with courage, then under this law,
00:44she will be subjugated, separated, the boy will be put in jail.
00:50Everyone knew that this was going to happen.
00:52Despite this, starting from Uttar Pradesh, there is a fear that this anti-conversion law will be misused in many states.
00:59No, what we want to say is, why should there be a conversion?
01:04But this is in the constitution.
01:06No, no, but I see that in some places, the system of social change is being run in the country.
01:14This system should be stopped. It should be stopped.
01:19And as far as the question of Muslim society is concerned, as far as I know,
01:23it is possible that there is some deficiency in it,
01:26that perhaps Muslim people cannot marry people of other religions.
01:32So, to get a conversion done to get married,
01:36I understand that, I personally do not think this is right.
01:42Then it has a right.
01:44I mean, if someone wants to convert,
01:47and there have been some cases where the girl does not want to convert,
01:52and it is not even happening.
01:53You must have seen a lot of cases where forcefully,
01:57greedily, money is being converted.
02:00There have been such cases.
02:02So, it is natural for both of them to get married,
02:07and to forcefully or greedily convert and get married.
02:12There is a big difference between the two.
02:14And I think the laws that the governments have made,
02:16they have made all these things with care.
02:18When such cases come, then the image of the BJP government,
02:24that a forced Hinduism policy,
02:28to promote a Hindu religion,
02:31and to demean other religions,
02:34this is a policy matter.
02:37Not at all.
02:38It is understood.
02:39Not at all.
02:40I believe that a true Hindu,
02:42will not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion.
02:46Never.
02:49Because even our religious books do not allow this.
02:56To discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion.
03:041916
03:05Because India is the only country in the world,
03:10which has not only people living within the borders of India,
03:14but people living all over the world,
03:17considering them members of their own family,
03:21i.e. the whole world is a family,
03:24this message has been given by only one country in the world,
03:27India.
03:28No other country in the world has done this.