BJP MLA pitches parental nod for love marriages, live-in relationships

The Rajasthan BJP MLA is advocating for legal safeguards that would require parental consent before young couples enter love marriages or live-in relationships, citing concerns about social norms and cultural values

IMAGE: BJP MLA from Rajasthan's Ahor Chhagan Singh Rajpurohit. Photograph: Courtesy X (formerly Twitter)

Key Points

The BJP MLA calls for legal safeguards requiring parental consent for love marriages and live-in relationships.
Rajpurohit expresses concern over the disruption of social norms and challenges faced by parents due to young couples living together without consent.
The MLA highlights the impact on Indian cultural values and the potential for youngsters to drop out of school or college due to these trends.
He cites instances of parents filing missing person reports and suffering severe emotional distress when young women leave home.
Rajpurohit argues that mandatory parental consent would protect young people, ensure parental involvement, and promote social stability.

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Rajasthan's Ahor Chhagan Singh Rajpurohit on Monday expressed concern over young couples entering love marriages or live-in relationships without parental consent and called for legal safeguards.

Rajpurohit said that young men and women should get parental permission before entering love marriages or live-in relationships, as it would ensure maturity and responsibility in their decisions.

He raised the issue during zero hour in the assembly.

"In recent years, many couples have left home to live together which often disrupts social norms and also creates challenges for parents. This trend is affecting Indian cultural values," he said.

The BJP MLA said that the trend also leads to youngsters dropping out of school or college

"Parents, fearing such incidents, sometimes withdraw children from education," he said.

Rajpurohit said that in several cases over the past seven years, parents filed missing person reports when young women ran away from their homes.

"At police stations, girls sometimes refuse to recognise their parents and there have even been instances where parents suffered heart attacks or committed suicide due to the stress," he said.

Rajpurohit said that mandatory parental consent for love marriages or live-in relationships would protect young people, ensure parental involvement and promote social stability.