India, March 9 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday again advocated the need for a "love jihad" law in the state, saying the government has received over 100,000 complaints of such cases and that there is "methodical madness" behind them.

He added that the law's enactment will be based on the findings of a committee formed last month under state police chief Rashmi Shukla. The committee was tasked with preparing a draft for a law "to prevent love jihad and fraudulent or forced conversions."

Love jihad is a controversial term used by Hindu nationalists who believe that Muslim men are luring Hindu women to marry them and convert them to Islam in a bid to take over the country.

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