Fix marriages of girls earlier to stop love jihad: BJP MLA

Gopal Parmar, a BJP MLA from Agar Malwa in Madhya Pradesh, has said that parents should fix the marriages of girl children in their early ages to avoid ‘love jihad’, say reports. He also blamed the 18-year 'disease' (legal age bar for a girl's marriage) for girls eloping. Parmar was quoted as saying, “As the girls reach adolescence, their mind starts wandering. I urge the mothers to remain vigilant of the love jihad.” He reportedly argued that if children's marriages were fixed earlier, they would not take wrong decision thinking that their marriage had already been fixed.