Girls should be married off before 18: SP leader's comments on raising women's marriageable age

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• Dec 18, 2021 | moderator

Lucknow: Showing discontent over Centre’s proposal to raise the age of marriage of girls, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Lok Sabha MP Shafiqur Rehman said marrying off daughter by 18 would be a relief for parents.

The MP questioned the ‘logic’ behind this move by the Union Government, rejecting the argument that such a law would make women independent.

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Shafiqur rahman said, “Why do you want to make them independent? It should not happen.” Speaking to a national daily, Rahmna said that the country’s atmosphere is bad for women and therefore, 18 years is enough for them to get married.

“The atmosphere of the country is bad. We have to take care of our daughters so that nothing wrong happens to them,” Shafiqur Rahman said.

He said that parents would also be relieved of the responsibility to raise and educate their daughters if they were married by 18 years of age.

“They can decide if they want to continue their studies after marriage. Their in-laws won’t object,” Shafiqur rahman said.

Shafiqur Rahman said he would oppose the bill to increase the age of marriage for women if the government brought it in Parliament. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal on Wednesday to increase the age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years.