Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women freedom of choice
Harsh Mander: The ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kashmir is another attempt to deny women freedom of choice
This hate propaganda assumes that adult women who consent to relationships with Muslims are gullible and must be rescued by gallant men.
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A protest in Bengaluru in December against Bharatiya Janata Party state governments around the country passing laws against so-called love jihad.
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The drafting committee of the Indian Constitution included two women members, Hansa Mehta and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. They proposed, for inclusion in the fundamental rights of the Constitution, the right of every woman to choose her spouse, or at least consent to the person to whom she is wed. This did not find support among most other members of the committee, all men. Therefore, this right was not included in the final draft of the Constitution placed before the constituent assembly.