Summary:
Lucknow, Nov 29 (PTI) Community events like mass marriages put an effective control over social evils of child marriage and dowry, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday.
Adityanath made the observation while participating here in a mass marriage programme of 2,503 couples belonging to Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria and Kushinagar districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
"When a girl gets married in a mass marriage event, two things happen – firstly, the child marriage cannot take place and secondly, no one can take dowry,” said the chief minister.
“Such programmes have an effective check and control over evil practices of dowry and child marriage," he added.
Adityanath attributed the mass marriage event to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s philosophy of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas (an inclusive growth with a cumulative effort and trust of one and all).” The chief minister said it while also attacking previous governments and asserting that all sorts of discrimination have come to an end during the BJP rule in the state.
“Before 2017, the benefits (of various welfare schemes) could not reach the poor, labourers, farmers and youths but after 2017, you must have seen that the poor have been linked to the government schemes for toilets, housing, power connection, health and purchase of farmers produce," the chief minister said.