Eyes on polls: What’s behind Maharashtra’s push for love jihad law
This move follows long-standing demands from several BJP leaders and right-wing groups such as the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha. It also comes ahead of local body elections in which voters in all 29 municipal corporations and a majority of the municipal councils—accounting for over 60 per cent of the state’s population—will exercise their franchise.