NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that the centre has not decided to implement NRC at the national level.

No case of Love Jihad has been reported in Kerala. Two cases from Kerala involving inter-faith marriages have been investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The minister made the remarks in a written reply to a question by Congress leader Benny Behanan from Kerala whether any of the central agencies have reported any case of love jihad from the southern state during the last two years.

The center has written in reply that they have not decided to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) at a time when protests are taking place all over the country against CAA and NRC.

Along with that the minister said no case of love jihad has been reported in Kerala. The term love jihad is not defined under the extant laws. No such case of love jihad has been reported by any of the central agencies, he said.

Love jihad is a term popularised by radical Hindu groups to describe what they believe is an organised conspiracy of Muslim men to force or trick Hindu women into conversion and marriage. The purported motives include expanding India’s Muslim population and aiding the Islamic State.