India, Feb. 17 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has endorsed the state government's move to introduce an 'anti-love jihad' law, asserting that while interfaith marriages are acceptable, legal action is necessary against fraudulent alliances and false identities. A seven-member committee has been formed to analyze the legal framework for such a law.

Referring to observations by the Supreme Court and Kerala High Court, Fadnavis noted that cases of 'love jihad'-a term used by right-wing groups for alleged conspiracies involving Muslim men converting Hindu women through marriage-are on the rise in Maharashtra. He claimed that several women have reported being deceived into marriage and later abandoned after childbirth.

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