A political controversy was triggered in Madhya Pradesh after condoms and birth control pills were found in make-up kits gifted to brides during a mass marriage programme under a government scheme in Jhabua district on Monday.
Earlier, as many as 296 couples tied the knot under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana, and when the make-up boxes/kits gifted to the newly married brides were opened, packets of condoms and birth-control pills were found alongside the make-up products.
Attacking the government, the Congress said this was an insult to both women and tribals. “It’s not just the distribution of these boxes and kits, but the videos are deliberately being shot to brazenly advertise this. We had seen earlier too that tribal women had to undergo pregnancy test at a mass marriage in Dindori. Does the BJP government not care about the dignity of women and tribals,” said Piyush Babele, media adviser to State Congress president Kamal Nath.
