Sunil Jaglan was initially a teacher and he left his job to become the sarpanch of a village in Haryana called Bibipur. He became advocate for girls' rights when in 2012, two years after he was already the Sarpanch, nurses refused to accept sweets for the birth of his daughter. He also noticed how pregnant women were being aborted in his village after a potential sex determination. Apart from the Selfie With Daughter, Jaglan also initiated Mahil Gram Sabha in 2012 and took the issue of female foeticide in Maha Khap Panchayat. Jaglan introduced the idea of having women participate in these Maha Khap Panchayats and organized these panchayats with zoom because of Covid 19.
