Khap is a group of villages cohesive by caste and geography. It was started by upper caste jats to merge their supremacy and position in the 14th century. The core canon is that all boys and girls within a khap are deemed as siblings. Khap panchayat administers the khap created by same clan families from a number of bordering villages. Khap panchayats are rampant in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan. Love marriages are banned in vicinities administered by Khap panchayats. Those living in a Khap are not permitted to tie the knot in the same clan or even in any other clan from the same village. Scores of young couples have been put to death in the past flouting khap system. Khap panchyat inflicts its injunctions through social boycotts and fines and majority of the cases wind up either homicide or compelling the victims to commit suicide. All this is done in the name of brotherhood and its honor. It is due to the intrinsic fault of democratically chosen Panchayati Raj institutions, Khap panchayats have been influential. Even the government has not done a lot to manage their clout. These institutions should be discarded by the society and should lend a hand in abolishing such old customs and traditions. Moreover, honor and respect does not give anyone the license to take away someones life. These customs should be uprooted from the society making it a better one to live.
Khap Panchayats should be removed as they are not allowing our society to change for the better. They impose their baseless logic and laws upon the people and are creating more and more social issues in our nation where these institution prevails. I agree that these institutions should be discarded by the society and should lend a hand in abolishing such old customs and traditions which does not have any logic behind it.
Khap Panchayats are to be blamed for the gender discrimination that still exist in our society. They should definitely be abolished as they are ones who are responsible for social evils like honor killing, female foeticied etc. They are not authorized to take decisions or make laws. They need to abolished, if we want to see India as a developed nation.
I agree with you that Khap Panchayats should be removed. They are a major hindrance for the development and progress of the society where male dominance still prevails. These kind of local governance should be removed if we want our nation to progress and develop and become one of the best nations of the World.
