Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. (File Photo)
Kolkata:
Khap Panchayats are a "useful instrument" of society and carry out social reforms and "one or two mistakes don't make them wrong as a whole," according to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
"Khap panchayats have a strength of their own," he stressed, adding there is no proposal to ban them.
"They are not formed by the government. These Khap Panchayats are there for the last 800 years. These Panchayats have been made by the people of those areas only. They have carried out various social reforms such as fighting against dowry system, they worked for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and gender ratio," Mr Khattar told news agency PTI in Kolkata.
"I rather feel it is an useful instrument of society. It is not as if they only indulge in something which is wrong. Khap is a big Panchayat," he said.
Khap Panchayats operating in various parts of North India have made headlines for their alleged encouragement to "honour killings and bizarre diktats", which drew flak from various quarters.
On various controversies that have cropped up over Khap Panchayats' diktats, Mr Khattar said, "One or two mistakes or incidents don't make Khap Panchayats wrong as a whole. Even human being and every institution makes mistakes. Khap Panchayats have a strength of their own."
"Khap panchayats have a strength of their own," he stressed, adding there is no proposal to ban them.
"They are not formed by the government. These Khap Panchayats are there for the last 800 years. These Panchayats have been made by the people of those areas only. They have carried out various social reforms such as fighting against dowry system, they worked for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and gender ratio," Mr Khattar told news agency PTI in Kolkata.
"I rather feel it is an useful instrument of society. It is not as if they only indulge in something which is wrong. Khap is a big Panchayat," he said.
Khap Panchayats operating in various parts of North India have made headlines for their alleged encouragement to "honour killings and bizarre diktats", which drew flak from various quarters.
On various controversies that have cropped up over Khap Panchayats' diktats, Mr Khattar said, "One or two mistakes or incidents don't make Khap Panchayats wrong as a whole. Even human being and every institution makes mistakes. Khap Panchayats have a strength of their own."
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