Reporters Without Orders Ep 149: UP's anti-conversion law and farmer protests
Newslaundryâs Basant Kumar and Akanksha Kumar. The conversation starts off with some bizarre news stories and quickly moves to Basantâs report on the association of right-wing groups with most cases registered under the new anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh. The discussion then shifts to Akankshaâs report on how a local right-wing body disrupted a consensual interfaith marriage in Lucknow. The triad discusses the role of local fringe groups before and after the new law came to be. The three also talk about the farmers' protest and Basantâs report on the 12 farmer gro...