Bhopal:
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s mass wedding ceremony scheme for ladies from economically weaker sections has landed in controversy after among the brides have been made to take being pregnant assessments. Five of the 219 women didn’t get married on Saturday after their assessments got here constructive. The matter has generated an enormous political controversy as being pregnant assessments aren’t alleged to be carried out on the ladies. The Congress has questioned who ordered the assessments.
The mass wedding ceremony below the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana was carried out in Gadsarai space of Dindori.
One of the ladies whose being pregnant take a look at had come constructive, mentioned she had began dwelling together with her fiance earlier than the marriage. “My being pregnant take a look at got here constructive. Possibly resulting from this my title was dropped from the ultimate checklist, though officers have given me no clear lower motive,” she added.
“Never previously has such assessments been carried out,” mentioned Medani Marawi, the sarpanch of Bachchargaon village. “It is an insult to the ladies, who now stand maligned earlier than their households,” he added.
The Chief Medical and Health Officer of Dindori, Dr Ramesh Marawi, mentioned usually, assessments are carried out for age verification, sickle cell anaemia and to determine bodily health.
“Pregnancy assessments have been carried out on the behest of upper authorities on some women whose instances have been suspected,” he mentioned. “We solely conduct assessments and report the findings. The resolution on excluding the ladies from the mass marriage scheme is taken by the Social Justice Department primarily based on well being division reviews,” 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 need 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 finished 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? In the Shivraj authorities, Madhya Pradesh is already on high within the nation by way of misbehavior with girls. I demand from the Chief Minister {that a} truthful and high-level inquiry be carried out into your complete matter and the responsible needs to be punished severely. This just isn’t solely a matter of being pregnant take a look at, but additionally of a malicious angle in the direction of your complete feminine race.”
The Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana was launched in April 2006. Under the scheme, the state authorities supplies Rs 56,000 as monetary help for marriage of ladies from economically weaker sections.