A Baghpat khap panchayat proíbe smartphones para adolescentes, meias calças e casamentos luxuosos, citando a preservação cultural. A Baghpat khap panchayat bans smartphones for teens, half-pants, and lavish weddings, citing cultural preservation.

O khap panchayat em Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, proibiu os smartphones para adolescentes de 18 a 20 anos e proibiu meninos e meninas de usar meias calças, citando a influência ocidental e o declínio dos valores tradicionais. A khap panchayat in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, has banned smartphones for teens aged 18 to 20 and prohibited boys and girls from wearing half-pants, citing Western influence and declining traditional values. O grupo também pediu que casamentos sejam realizados em casas ou aldeias, listas de convidados limitadas, salões caros desencorajados e convites promovidos pelo WhatsApp. The group also urged weddings to be held at homes or villages, limited guest lists, discouraged expensive halls, and promoted WhatsApp invitations. As autoridades disseram que as regras, baseadas no consenso da comunidade, visam fortalecer os laços familiares e as normas culturais, com planos de expandi-las em Uttar Pradesh e colaborar com outros grupos regionais de khap. Officials said the rules, based on community consensus, aim to strengthen family ties and cultural norms, with plans to expand them across Uttar Pradesh and collaborate with other regional khap groups.