The Gujarat government is examining laws enacted by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to curb ''forced religious conversions by marriage'', said Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Friday.

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, both ruled by the BJP, have brought religious freedom laws to stop conversion through marriage or by any other fraudulent means. These laws against inter-faith marriages as an alleged strategy for conversion provide for long prison terms and hefty fines for violators.

''Some people indulge in trapping or alluring or cheating Hindu girls to marry them. But we have seen that most of the time such girls regret taking this step as they and their families are never happy in such situations. ''This also creates division in the society,'' Patel said in reply to a question.

Patel was speaking to reporters after attending an event organized by the VHP here to start the drive for raising donations for the upcoming Ram temple in Ayodhya.

'Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments have formulated laws to prevent this kind of activities so as avoid tension between different communities, he said.

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