Uttarakhand minister's husband makes controversial remark.
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Lucknow: Uttarakhand minister Rekha Arya’s husband Girdhari Lal Sahu has triggered a massive controversy after a video which went viral on social media purportedly showed him saying that girls can be bought in Bihar for Rs 20-25 thousand.
According to the reports, Sahu made the remarks while speaking at a party sponsored event in Almora a few days back.
Sahu is heard taking names of a few youths, who were present in the event, and wondered that they were still unmarried.
‘’Shadi kya budhape me karoge?......Ab tak to teen char bachhe bhi ho jate….ladki hum tumhe dila denge Bihar se….Bihar mein ladkiyan 20-25 hazar mein mil jati hain,’’ (Will you get married in old age? By now you could have fathered three-four children….I will arrange girl for you from Bihar…in Bihar girls are available for Rs 20-25 thousand), Sahu is heard saying in the video.
The state Women’s Commission has taken strong exception to Sahu’s remarks and sought his explanation.
The opposition Congress decried the remarks and said that they showed that the BJP had little respect for women’s dignity. ‘’It reveals anti-women mentality of the BJP,’’ said a state Congress leader.
Ironically Sahu’s wife Rekha Arya is the minister for women empowerment in the Uttarakhand government.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), in a social media post, slammed Sahu over the remarks and sought clarification from the prime minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah.
Sahu later released a video claiming that his remarks were ‘twisted’ by his rivals for ‘political gains’. He said that was narrating a story concerning the marriage of a friend of his.