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Solapur: Bachelors Initiate A โ€œBridegroom Morchaโ€ To Showcase Skewed Male-Female Ratio Of Maharashtra

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Several bachelors in the Solapur district of Maharashtra deck up in wedding wear, arrive on horses with a band to the collectorsโ€™ office demanding brides

Solapur: Raising the issue of a skewed male-female ratio in Maharashtra to a pedestal, bachelors of Solapur district march up in wedding costumed, on horses, with bands to the collectorsโ€™ office.

The โ€˜Bridegroom Morchaโ€™ took place on Wednesday. The Morcha later on submitted a memorandum to the district collectorsโ€™ office seeking strict implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in order to enable the deteriorating situation of the male-female ratio in Maharashtra.

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Additionally, the memorandum demanded the arrangement of brides for all the bachelors who participated in the morcha.

Jyoti Kranti Parishad organized this event. The founder of this group Ramesh Baraskar said, โ€œPeople may mock this morcha, but the grim reality is that youth of marriageable age are not getting brides just because the male-female ratio is skewed in the state.โ€

He claimed Maharashtraโ€™s sex ratio was 889 girls per 1,000 boys.

Further Baraskar held the government responsible for the male-female ratio disparity and said, โ€œThis inequality exists because of female foeticide and the government is responsible for this disparity.โ€
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Amid Azan Row, Maharashtra To Restrict Loudspeaker Use At Religious Places

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Mumbai: The Maharashtra home department has decided to apply past court rulings banning the use of loudspeakers at religious places, following strong statements by MNS president Raj Thackeray on azaan. Religious organisations will now be required to request permission before using loudspeakers, according to the state government.

Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil will today hold a meeting with the director-general of police to instruct him to direct all police commissioners and officers on the decision, reported news agency ANI. Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and home minister Patil will also meet to discuss the law and order situation in the state and the issue of the use of loudspeakers in public places, according to ANI.

Meanwhile, Nashik Police commissioner has issued a mandatory order to take permission for putting up loudspeakers and Maharashtra DGP has been directed to hold a review meeting with district administrations for implementing the order.

The fuzz, over the loudspeaker use, has been escalating after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader raised the pitch for Hindutva, calling on โ€œHindu brothersโ€ to โ€œbe preparedโ€ if loudspeakers are not removed from mosques by May 3.

However, on Sunday, Thackeray compelled that loudspeakers relaying the โ€˜azaanโ€™ call is more of a social issue than a religious one. He told a media briefing in Pune that he doesnโ€™t want peace in the society disturbed, โ€œbut if the use of loudspeakers continues then they (Muslims) will also have to listen to our prayers on loudspeakersโ€.

โ€œOn May 1, I will address a public gathering at Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad). On June 5, I will visit Ayodhya for darshan along with MNS volunteers. I also appeal to others to come to Ayodhya,โ€ Thackeray said.

 

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