Khap Mahapanchayat was held in Jind, Haryana on Sunday. In this it was demanded that live-in, love marriage and same sex marriage should be banned. Members of 300 Khap Panchayats of Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh participated in the Khap Mahapanchayat. During this, Banain Khap chief Raghubir Nain said that first of all love marriage was discussed. Khaps are not against love marriage, but parental consent is necessary, because no parent wants to harm their children. He said that Khaps are also against marriage within the same Gotra.
Raghubir Nain said that due to live-in relationship there is also dispute regarding ancestral rights. Besides, gay marriage should also be banned because even animals avoid it.
Raghubir Nain said that Khap Panchayat representatives will meet the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition and put pressure on the government to amend the relevant law. He said that if our demands are not met and appropriate law is not amended then we will start a movement. A 51-member committee is being formed to take this issue forward.
During this, a woman khap leader Santosh Dahiya also claimed that live-in relationship is bad and it should be banned. Santosh said that the biggest issue that was discussed was live-in relationships and marriage within the same gotra. The family system is breaking down due to live-in relationships, because it has been made legal. It is legal to live with the person of your choice. It has badly affected the society, children and our culture.
The female khap leader said that women are most affected by this because men, be they husbands or brothers, ignore their wives and start living with the woman of their choice. That’s why women want to fight against it (live-in). Santosh Dahiya said that the issue of same-gotra marriage is also burning, which has damaged the social fabric and has also created genetic problems, which increase after same-gotra marriage.