With increasing incidents of rape in different parts of the country, Haryana State woman commission has decided to seek the help of Khap Panchayats in the matter. They have written to them to come forward and help young girls and women in the State of Haryana.
In Haryana, almost every gotra or caste has its own Khap and Khap leaders are elected unanimously by the entire community, hence all the people of that community respects its decision.
“We have decided to take help of our elders to come forward to start teaching our children and society like they used to do earlier, so that we could control this menace as soon as possible”, said Chander Prabha, Vice Chairperson of Haryana State Women Commission.
She said that the commission has written a letter to Khap leaders for assistance. “I also personally contacted Ch Pratap Singh Pehlwan, president of Dahiya Khap, largest Khap of Haryana for help. There are more than 300 Khaps in different parts of the state and commission will contact all of them for this special campaign”, added Prabha.
She said that the commission has also planned to go to co-ed schools, colleges, education institutions, working women hostels, boys’ hostels with the help of Khap leaders to educate them about this menace and purity of relations in both rural and urban areas of the State.