BJP leader promises brides from Bihar for Haryana youths

Dhankar, the BJP Kisan Morcha president who had lost the Lok Sabha polls to Congress’s Deepinder Hooda from Rohtak, said that while touring the constituency, he used to hear tales that some youths were bringing brides from Bihar and other places.

“I told them that Sushil Modi (senior BJP leader in Bihar) is a good friend of mine. We will ensure a compatible match and do away with the practice of bringing brides from any other place,” he said. Haryana is infamous for its skewed sex ratio of 879 girls per 1,000 males, according to the 2011 census.

Asked about Dhankar’s remark, Modi said, “Dhankar just said that those who want to marry legally will be helped by him. so that girls are respected in the family. I feel that he has talked about giving respect to women and the Bihar government should look into the fact that girls in such a large numbers are going to Haryana. The government should see the objective of such a move. The fact that those girls are being taken away is a matter of concern.”

Ridiculing Dhankar’s suggestion, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav said, “What meaning does his words have? Marriage happens on its own. Many people from Haryana and Bihar have married. That happens by consent, not by force. There are strange people in the country and the media is spreading such statements by such people,” he added.