Ordinance on Unlawful Conversion: A factual take
The recent ordinance on unlawful conversion enacted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh has opened a pandora's box. Ever since the implementation of the law, I have been seeing debates about it on primetime shows on various news channels. A bunch of articles has been published on online platforms by various news networks debating as to "how secular is this law?" and whether it will affect inter-faith marriages and the special marriage act. The most common observation while reading these news articles was how these Hindu fanatics and the BJP was responsible for bringing this law into force and how it was violating the basic human right of a person to exercise their right to follow whichever religion they wanted to. I also came across many posts on various social media platforms where lies were being peddled and the youth was being brainwashed via posts and people were simply retweeting and sharing without even putting effort into reading the actual draft of the law and the ...