CHANDIGARH: The khap leaders of the Hindi heartland states have issued a diktat demanding a ban on live-in relationship, same-sex marriage and making parental consent mandatory in love marriages.Representatives of approximately 300 khaps passed these resolutions during the ‘Sarv Jatiye Sarv Khap Sammelan’ (all-caste clan meeting) at Danoda village of Jind district in Haryana and threatened to stage a massive protest if their demands were not met.Binain Khap chief Raghubir Nain said that representatives of around 300 khaps from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh held a meeting on Sunday and passed the resolutions. He added that if their demands are not met then they will launch an agitation.
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