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pulsion or fraud has found no ing online mediums, including
>> Continued from previous page... acceptability or respectability onLIne medIa under the films and news content, under
Chief Minister Yogi Aditya- anywhere in the country,” The watCh the ministry of information
In November, the govern-
nath’s government okayed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ment issued an order bring- and broadcasting. Meaning on-
ordinance, proposing a maxi- chief said in a Hindi tweet. line streaming services such as
mum punishment of 10 years Netflix, Amazon Prime Video,
for “love jihad” related offenc- Hotstar, among others would
es, it triggered a political row. be now regulated by the Cen-
While BJP leader Deven- tre.
dra Fadnavis said incidents It soon became a social me-
of “Love Jihad” were taking dia frenzy with critics claiming
place in the country and there- that the move will have adverse
fore, laws to curb the practice consequences as it could kick-
were justified, the Opposition start an era of more frequent
accused the governing BJP of and stricter censorship on on-
pursuing “communal agenda”. line content.
BSP President Mayawati too Several Bollywood film-
asked UP government to re- makers too criticized the gov-
consider its new anti-religious ernment’s order and called it
conversion ordinance. “unacceptable”. Karan Anshu-
“The new ordinance intro- man, director of ‘Inside Edge’,
duced in haste by the UP gov- and ‘Mirzapur’ tweeted that
ernment against love jihad is viewers and creators should
riddled with doubts since reli- artist manas Kumar sahoo created sand art on the occasion of new year come together and challenge
gious conversion through com- at Golden beach in puri on thursday. (ani) censorship.

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