Farmers Movement Archive

Need to stop forced religious conversions under garb of love: Madhya Pradesh CM

PRAYAGRAJ: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said that “there was a need to stop forced religious conversions under the garb of love”. Chouhan was in Prayagraj on Saturday to immerse the ashes of his father-in-law, who passed away recently, in Sangam. “The condition of daughters who were forced to convert has gone from bad to worse. This is why it is necessary to stop marriages that are being entered into with wrong motives through incentives, pressure, fear and temptation,” Chouhan said. Speaking to media persons, he said that BJP-led state governments were bringing in tough laws for those who were indulging in such nefarious acts. “Religious conversions will not be allowed under the garb of love,” he added. Talking about massive demonstrations of farmers in Punjab and Delhi over farm laws, the MP chief minister said that there can be no other well-wisher of farmers like PM Narendra Modi. He said all three laws are in the interest of farmers. Chouhan arrived in the city on Saturday morning to immerse the ashes of his father-in-law Ghanshyam Das Masani. He was received at Bamrauli airport by UP minister of civil aviation, minority welfare, Muslim Haj and Waqf department Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’. Chouhan was accompanied by his wife Sadhana and other relatives. He also met Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri and performed religious rituals at Sangam.

The Times of India

2020-11-29

Allahabad