Amid hectic lobbying by the political tribe of Punjab, which is united in its demand for registration of Sikh marriages under the existing Anand Marriage Act, 1909, the Centre is working to reconsider its stand of entirely dropping the proposal.
Law Minister Salman Khursheed has called for a comprehensive report on the history of the Anand Marriage issue, including all representations ever made to the government on the matter and the legislative proposals submitted in this respect.
“I am trying to understand why for so long the issue kept coming up and dying down. I have asked my ministry to give me a comprehensive note on the matter, its history, the representations, draft Bill for the suggested amendment and related submissions. We will take it from there,” Khursheed told The Tribune.
He had yesterday assured the visiting former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh of positive movement in the matter. The PPCC in a press statement today said Khursheed had assured the visiting state Congress delegation that “necessary measures had been initiated and the process would be completed very soon.”
The minister had earlier extended similar assurances to Akali and Congress MPs who had met him over the issue, which has snowballed into a political controversy since The Tribune reported a fortnight ago that the Centre had decided to drop the amendment proposal.
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