Khaps must go

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that khap panchayats don’t “order” honour killings. I don’t agree. Many times, it is the khap panchayats who support the decision of relatives to kill couples for the sake of family honour. In rape cases, khap leaders often persuade a rape victim to marry the accused. With such skewed logic, it is time Haryana did away with the age-old conservative khap system.

Amulya Sinha

Gurgaon