NCW chief Rekha Sharma says 'love jihad' rising in Maharashtra, raises concerns over safety of women
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NCW chief Rekha Sharma says ‘love jihad’ rising in Maharashtra, raises concerns over safety of women

MUMBAI: National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma has now joined the row over rising ‘love jihad’ instances in Maharashtra and expressed her issues concerning the security of girls within the state.

The NCW chief had met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Mumbai on Tuesday which she mentioned the “rise” in ‘love jihad’ instances within the state.

Sharma additionally highlighted the excellence between a consensual inter-faith marriage and love jihad and stated that the latter required consideration.

“Madam Chairperson raised the issue of rise in love jihad cases in Maharashtra. She highlighted a distinction between consensual inter-faith marriages and love jihad and said that the latter required attention,” the NCW assertion stated.

As a part of her go to to Mumbai, she additionally met a variety of authorities officers, the NCW stated.

“Our Chairperson @sharmarekha met with Bhagat Singh Koshyari, His Excellency, Governor of Maharashtra and discussed issues related to #womensafety in the state including defunct One Stop Centres, molestation and rape of women patients at #COVID centres and rise in love jihad cases,” the NCW tweeted.

She additionally raised the problem of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women not having a chairperson and pressured that the place shall be stuffed on the earliest to make sure complaints are addressed in a well timed method, it stated.

She claimed that some 4,000 complaints acquired by the state fee haven’t been attended to and redressed. Till such time that the place is stuffed, a member from NCW shall go to the state on a month-to-month foundation to look into the issues raised by the ladies within the state, the NCW stated.

During her go to, she met a number of girls’s rights teams and NGOs to get a way of the severity of the problem and the on-ground actuality confronted by girls in Maharashtra. 

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