A family called off the wedding of their two daughters a day before the marriage was scheduled to be solemnized, after they were pressurized by the panchayat of Jalalpura Kalan village of Jind district to do so. The marriages of the two girls which were set to take place on Thursday were cancelled on Wednesday after members of Bhayan and Jaglan gotras of the panchayat directed them to call off the weddings.
Their objection to the wedding was that the gotras of the grandmother of the girls, Bhayan, and that of the grooms, Jaglan, had "brotherly ties." The girls’ father Hoshiar Singh had fixed the wedding of his two daughters with two youths, both brothers from Jajanwala village about two years ago. However, some villagers objected to the match and took up the issue with the panchayat.
After a number of meetings where Hoshiar Singh urged the panchayat members to allow the weddings to be solemnized, the panchayat remained rigid on its stand.
The marriage was called off after the panchayat gave its verdict on Wednesday and the parents accepted the decision.
Subhash Singh, the sarpanch of Jalalpura village said that the matter was resolved though the panchayat collectively, while adding that the issue had been settled amicably.