The Congress has alleged that the state authorities had insulted the ladies.
Bhopal:
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s mass wedding ceremony scheme for ladies from economically weaker sections has landed in controversy after a number of the brides had been made to take being pregnant assessments. 5 of the 219 ladies didn’t get married on Saturday after their assessments got here optimistic. The matter has generated an enormous political controversy as being pregnant assessments usually are not purported to be performed on the ladies. The Congress has questioned who ordered the assessments.
The mass wedding ceremony underneath the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana was performed in Gadsarai space of Dindori.
One of many ladies whose being pregnant take a look at had come optimistic, mentioned she had began dwelling together with her fiance earlier than the marriage. “My being pregnant take a look at got here optimistic. Probably on account of this my identify was dropped from the ultimate record, though officers have given me no clear reduce purpose,” she added.
“By no means up to now has such assessments been performed,” mentioned Medani Marawi, the sarpanch of Bachchargaon village. “It’s an insult to the women, who now stand maligned earlier than their households,” he added.
The Chief Medical and Well being Officer of Dindori, Dr Ramesh Marawi, mentioned usually, assessments are performed for age verification, sickle cell anaemia and to determine bodily health.
“Being pregnant assessments had been performed on the behest of upper authorities on some ladies whose instances had been suspected,” he mentioned. “We solely conduct assessments and report the findings. The choice on excluding the women from the mass marriage scheme is taken by the Social Justice Division based mostly on well being division experiences,” he added.
The Congress has alleged that the native administration and state authorities had insulted the ladies by conducting being pregnant assessments.
A tough translation of a Hindi tweet by former Chief Minister Kamal Nath learn: “I wish to know from the Chief Minister whether or not this information is true? If this information is true, then on whose orders was this gross insult achieved to the daughters of Madhya Pradesh? Do the daughters of the poor and tribal communities don’t have any dignity within the eyes of the Chief Minister? Within the Shivraj authorities, Madhya Pradesh is already on prime within the nation when it comes to misbehavior with ladies. I demand from the Chief Minister {that a} honest and high-level inquiry be performed into all the matter and the responsible needs to be punished severely. This isn’t solely a matter of being pregnant take a look at, but additionally of a malicious perspective in the direction of all the feminine race.”
The Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana was launched in April 2006. Beneath the scheme, the state authorities gives Rs 56,000 as monetary help for marriage of girls from economically weaker sections.
