"Love Jihad" is a social evil and a law is necessary to tackle it, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said today, revealing that the state government was consulting experts on the subject. The minister made the comments in support of a leader of the BJP - which rules the state - announcing that such a law was in the making. "This love jihad has been there for some time and it is a social evil. A law is necessary - that has been the loud thinking of various sections of society in all states," Mr Bommai said today.