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Ban same-gotra marriage or pay anna fine: Khaps
Manveer Saini, TNN, May 24, 2010, 05.05am IST
CHANDIGARH: Pressing ahead with their demand for amendment in the
Hindu Marriage Act, the Sarv Khap Mahapanchayat on Sunday resolved to
slap a token fine of "ek aana" (currency unit formerly used in India)
on MPs and MLAs if they failed to meet its demand by June 19.
In a meeting held in Jind, which was attended by around 2,000
representatives of khap panchayats, they also ruled out establishing
any matrimonial ties with the law-makers' kin if their demand is not
fulfilled within the stipulated time period.
Besides, the congregation of khaps or caste councils, notorious for
their diktats prohibiting marriages within same sub-castes, also
threatened to launch a stir and stop all kind of supplies to the
National Capital Region of Delhi on June 20.
Not stopping at that, the leaders announced to stop repayment of bank
loans, water and electricity bills if their demands are not accepted.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting was BKU president
Mahendra Singh Tikait.
"We have been forced to take these decisions against MLAs and MPs
because their silence (on same-gotra marriage ban) clearly endorses
the government's stand of not making any changes in the Hindu Marriage
Act. Besides, since they believe that they are comfortable in the
present system, let them marry off their children within their
families. It is a social boycott," said Satbir Singh Chahal, the
president of All India Jat Swabhiman Sabha.
Justifying their stand, Dada Baljit, the president of Maliks khap,
claimed, "We are here to protect our age-old tradition and culture.
The defaulting MLAs and MPs shall have to deposit the fine with their
village priests and obtain a receipt before going out to attend a
social or political function.... One thing is for sure, we wont allow
any social wrong under the garb of changing trends."
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