RAISING MARRIAGE AGE CAUSES LOVE JIHAD: BJP MLA

BHOPAL : Girls eloping and the issue of love jihad emerged in society after the government introduced the “disease” of 18 years being the minimum legal age for marriage of women, according to the BJP MLA from Agar Malwa, Gopal Parmar. “Earlier, our elders fixed our marriages in childhood and the marriages lasted longer. But after the government made 18 the legal marriageable age, our girls started eloping and things like love jihad started,” Parmar, 55, said at a function in his constituency on Saturday.