The Mahapanchayat, attended by several Khaps or caste councils, did not endorse the suggestion to help curb increasing instances of rape in the state.
The function was presided over by Nafe Singh Nain and attended by various Khap leaders including Sube Singh Samain and Santosh Dahiya, president of Mahila (women's) wing of a Khap.
Dahiya said that the Mahapanchayat decided to form awareness cells, comprising of 3 to 4 people in each groups, to launch an awareness campaign in rural areas of the state to educate the people including young boys and girls in a bid to help curb incidents of crimes against women.
The Khap leader Sube Singh, who also attended the meet about 200-km from here, said that his comment on reducing age was his personal opinion.
The Mahapanchayat took note of rising incidents of crime against women including many rape incidents of rape in Haryana during the past two months and strongly condemned such incidents, Singh said. MORE