NEW DELHI: A BJP MP from Haryana on Thursday termed live-in relationships a “harmful illness” that must be eradicated from society and urged the federal government to make a legislation in opposition to it.
Elevating the problem within the Lok Sabha throughout ‘zero hour’, Dharambir Singh additionally stated divorce charges in love marriages had been excessive and the consent of the dad and mom of the bride and groom ought to due to this fact be made necessary for such alliances.
“I wish to convey to the discover of the federal government and Parliament a really severe situation. Indian tradition is thought for its philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (world is one household) and brotherhood. Our social cloth is totally different from others on the planet. The entire world is impressed by our unity in range,” the MP from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh stated.
Noting that India has a protracted custom of organized marriages, Singh stated a big part of society even to today provides precedence to marriages organized by dad and mom or relations.
This has the consent of the bride and groom and organized marriages are primarily based on a match of a number of frequent elements similar to social and particular person values and likes in addition to household backgrounds, he stated.
“Marriage is taken into account a sacred relationship that continues for seven generations…Divorce charge is about 1.1 per cent in India as in contrast with America which has a charge of about 40 per cent. It has been noticed that the speed of divorce in organized marriages could be very much less. Nevertheless, there may be a variety of enhance in divorce charge lately and the principle purpose for it’s love marriages,” Singh stated.
“Subsequently, it’s my suggestion that the consent of mom and father of the bride and groom be made necessary in love marriages as a result of in massive components of the nation marriage doesn’t occur in the identical ‘gotra’ and on account of love marriages there are a variety of conflicts within the villages. Scores of households are destroyed in these conflicts, due to this fact the consent of each the households is essential,” he stated.
Singh stated a “new illness” has emerged and this social evil is named “live-in relationship”.
Below this, two individuals, man or girl, reside collectively with out marriage, the BJP MP stated.
“Such relationships are quite common in western nations however this evil is quick spreading in our society additionally and the implications are horrible. Lately, the case of Shraddha (Walkar) and Aftab (Poonawala) had come to gentle through which each had been in a live-in relationship,” Singh stated.
Such instances maintain coming to the fore nearly every day, he added whereas referring to the grotesque case in Delhi of a person allegedly killing his live-in accomplice and chopping her physique to items.
“Not solely that is ruining our tradition but additionally hatred and evils are spreading within the society. If this continues our tradition will die and there will likely be no distinction between us and others,” he stated.
“I request the minister {that a} legislation be made in opposition to live-in relationships in order that this harmful illness will be eradicated from society,” Singh stated.
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