Overview

• Safidon legislator Ram Kumar Gautam asked the Haryana government to mandate parents' permission before any marriage.
• He justified the appeal by citing cases of couples running away and instances he claimed led to parents' suicides.
• Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan told Gautam to take his seat and advised him to submit a notice to pursue the matter.
• Reports noted the remarks as controversial, reviving earlier khap demands for parental approval in marriages.
• Majra Khap has previously supported such permission requirements and even pressed to lower the legal marriage age for girls to 16, while Gautam is a former JJP leader who joined the BJP ahead of the 2024 elections.