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'Bahu dilao, vote pao': Haryana bachelors to candidates

Some Lok Sabha candidates in Haryana, which has the country's lowest sex ratio, are facing a strange demand from bachelor voters—“get us brides in return for our votes”.“Bahu dilao, vote pao” (Get us a bride

PTI Published : Apr 09, 2014 13:07 IST, Updated : Apr 09, 2014 13:58 IST
According to the 2011 Census, Haryana has 879 females per 1,000 males.

Radha Rani, wife of INLD candidate from Rohtak Shamsher Kharkara, said, “Female foeticide is not an election issue.  

It's a social problem which can be addressed through social awareness.”

Jaglan, who organised an ‘anti-female foeticide Mahapanchayat' in Bibipoor a few years ago and is now a proud father of two girls, said, “There are 7,000 villages in the state and in every village on an average, at present, 50 boys are unmarried.

It means, around 3,50,000 males are without life partners.”

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