The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday informed the lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court that that there is no existence of ‘love Jehad’ in the State.
The submission came during hearing of a PIl, filed by one Pankaj Tiwari, which sought a ban on word ‘love Jehad’. A division bench comprising Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and Narain Shukla directed the UP Government counsel to file reply within two weeks with regard to the PIl.
The Election Commission of India, the UP Government, BJP MP Adityanath and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra have been made respondents in the petition.
Petitioner’s counsel CB Pandey contended that through the word ‘love Jehad’, a new type of communality was spreading in the State for polarisation of society and, hence, the use of word should be banned. On behalf of the State Government, Additional Advocate General Bulbul Godiyal informed the court that there was no existence of ‘love Jehad’ in UP.