Surat, Jan. 5 -- Senior advocate Ashwini Upadhyay termed love jihad "a national problem," claiming that over five lakh girls fall victim to it annually, leading to shifts in India's population demographics.

Upadhyay was reacting to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's recent remarks on love jihad.

He further alleged that love jihad is being orchestrated in a planned manner, involving the settlement of infiltrators and systematic religious conversions across the country.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Upadhyay said, "Love Jihad has become a national problem, and more than 5 lakh girls are falling victim to it every year... This is continuously changing the population demographics of India... Love Jihad is happening in India in a highly planned manner;...