New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq on Friday made a weird statement on new women legal age for marriage. He said that ‘Ladkiyan Karengi Awaargi’ as the marriage age has been raised.
On Wednesday (December 15), the Union Cabinet raised the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. Earlier, the legal age of marriage for women was 18 and for men was 21 years.
With this decision, now the marriage age limit for both men and women is balanced.
लड़कियों की शादी की उम्र 18 से 21 करने पर लड़कियों को ज़्यादा आवारगी का मौक़ा मिल जाएगा – “समाजवादी पार्टी, उत्तर प्रदेश”
ये है आधी आबादी के लिए सपा की असली सोच !! pic.twitter.com/aMPAXfG3mX
— Shalabh Mani Tripathi (@shalabhmani) December 17, 2021
He also said that he will not be supporting the bill in the Parliament citing that India is a poor country where parents wants to marry their daughters at an earlier stage.
#WATCH | India a poor country and everybody wants to marry off their daughter at an early age… I will not support this Bill in Parliament: Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq on Union Cabinet giving nod to raise legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years pic.twitter.com/kxyXalJFpm
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 17, 2021
The proposal was cleared almost a year after PM Modi announced his decision during his Independence Day speech in 2020.
Prime Minister had said that the decision will be taken in favor of women as health of daughters and sisters are a major concern. This will help amd save the daughters from malnutrition, so it is very much necessary that they’re married at the right age.
The proposal was backed by the NITI Ayog task force headed by Jaya Jaitly.
The proposal also mentioned that delay in marriages have positive changes in many aspects of life.
