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Remove liquor vends from religious towns:
Haryana khaps
Wednesday December 05, 2012 02:23:34 PM,
Ravinder Saini, IANS
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Rohtak (Haryana): Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu
Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same
village, Haryana's khap panchayats have now decided to launch a
campaign to get liquor vends shut in religious towns across the
state.
The khaps - who constitute a socio-political grouping in Haryana -
say that liquor shops located in religious towns not only hurt the
sentiments of local residents but also of devotees who come from
far-flung places toffer prayers. A decision to this effect was
taken at a meeting of office-bearers of around 20 khaps in Jhajjar
town, 60 km from New Delhi, a senior khap leader said here.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ahlawat, Dalal,
Jakhar, Dhankhad, Birhod 12, Bahu 17, Khuddan, Chahar, Kinha,
Kadian and Jhajjar 360 khaps, the Haryana Dhankhar Sabha and
others.
Besides khaps, activists of the National Human Rights Front,
delegates of the Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti and
some other NGOs also attended the meeting. There were also
discussions on issues like huge expenses on weddings; increased
drinking, especially among youth; female foeticide, the dowry
system and drug addiction.
"We have unanimously passed a resolution to launch a special drive
to get the liquor vends closed within the municipul limits of all
religious towns in Haryana to maintain their dignity besides
making sincere efforts to keeping the people away from drugs and
liquor use," Haryana Dhankar Sabha chief Om Prakash Dhankhar told
IANS.
He said that liquor shops being run in the religious towns, mainly
located in the Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Panipat and
Gurgaon districts, are playing havoc with the spiritual feelings
of the devotees.
He said that a delegation of various khaps would soon meet Haryana
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to demand the closure of all
liquor shops in religious towns.
"We have also decided to launch a special campaign to mobilise the
people in support of our demand. The campaign will be launched
from Beri (a religious town in Jhajjar district where the ancient
temple of Mata Bhimeshwari Devi is located)" Dhankhar said.
Other khaps in the state would also be contacted for their support
on the issue so that the demand could be raised at state level in
an appropriate manner.
(Ravinder Saini can be
contacted at ravindersainiscribe@gmail.com)
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