Agar Malwa : BJP MLA from Agar Malwa has advocated for fixing marriage early to avoid ‘love jihad’. Addressing a function here, Gopal Parmar advised parents, especially mothers, to fix marriages of their daughters early in order to save them from love jihad.
“Earlier, the elders of the family used to fix marriages in the childhood only and those relations used to last longer. Since the 18-year ‘disease’ (legal age bar for a girl’s marriage) has started, many girls have started eloping as the fever of love jihad has gripped,” said Parmar.
He said there are shrewd and criminals who pretend to be nice, courteous and target school and coaching class going girls, who usually fall into the trap of Love Jihad.
“As the girls reach adolescence, their mind starts wandering. I urge the mothers to remain vigilant of the love jihad,” Parmar said.
Later talking to ANI, the MLA justified his views on fixing marriages before 18 years.
He added nowadays if somebody doesn’t get married on time then he/she gets diverted and incidents like ‘love jihad’ happen.