ahmedabad gujarat chief minister vijay rupani on friday said his government was dealing strictly with those who trap hindu girls and elope with them addressing a gathering of maldhari community whose traditional occupation is cattlerearing in vasihnodevi circle area here rupani said the bjp government in the state has also acted tough on those involved in cow slaughter my government brought in several laws with strict provisions be it the law to save cows from slaughter the law to stop land grabbing or the law to punish those involved in chainsnatching he said we also brought a law to stop love jihad we are dealing strictly with those who trap hindu girls and elope with them he said the chief minister was speaking after performing groundbreaking ceremony for a planned building of the raika education charitable trust the gujarat freedom of religion amendment act 2021 which was passed by the assembly in april and was notified on june 15 provides for strict punishment for forcible or fraudulent religious conversions through marriage some contentious sections of the law were stayed by the gujarat high court last month rupani also informed the gathering that his government provided subsidized fodder and saved several lakhs of cows from starvation two years ago when kutch and banaskantha talukas received scanty rainfall speaking earlier minister of state for home pradipsinh jadeja said cm rupani played an important role in bringing a tough law against cow slaughter referring to the gujarat animal preservation amendment act 2017 which has a provision of life sentence for cow slaughter jadeja said thirtythree crore deities live inside a cow that is why we brought a law before the law was introduced in the assembly cm rupani called me to his cabin and clearly told me there is no need to show sympathy for those who do not show mercy to cows