“Maharashtra govt set up a special seven-member committee headed by the DGP to frame a law against ‘love jihad.’ Apart from the DGP, the panel would have six other members, one member each from the women and child development, minority development department, law and judiciary, social justice and special assistance department, and two home department representatives.
Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh has opposed this move stating, “Earlier the govt came up with a proposal after stating that there were over one lakh cases of ‘love jihad’ in the state, but they were unable to find a single instance where they could file a police case. There is no data available to support any such claim. The govt is playing politics over the issue.”