Now, Jairam Ramesh urges women not to marry in homes without toilets

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Now, Jairam Ramesh urges women not to marry in homes without toilets
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Now, Jairam Ramesh urges women not to marry in homes without toilets : India, News - India Today

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Days after he kicked up a row by stating that there are more temples than toilets in India, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged women not to get married into families which do not have toilets in their homes.

"Don't get married in a house where there is no toilet," the Rural Development and Water and Sanitation Minister said while addressing locals, majority of whom were women, at Khajuri village near Kota and cited a slogan "No toilet, no bride".

"You consult the astrologers about rahu-ketu (planetary positions) to know about suitability of stars before getting married. You should also look whether there is a toilet at your groom's home before you decide to get married," he said.

Later Ramesh launched the third edition of Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Sangod, a small town, in Kota district.

Launching the Yatra, he also cited a slogan, "No toilet, no bride", coined by the Haryana government to promote sanitation there.

Ramesh also narrated the story of a woman- Anita Narre- who left her husband's home in Madhya Pradesh two days after marriage in protest against not having toilet there.

Noting that sanitation is an issue related to women's dignity and safety, Ramesh said the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is a people's movement aiming to eradicate the menace of open defecation in ten years.

He criticised Rajasthan for not doing enough for providing proper sanitation facilities to the people.

Pointing out that out of 9,177 Gram Panchayats, only 321 have become open defecation free in the states, Ramesh asked the state authorities to come out with a plan to make the state open defecation free in five years.

Meanwhile, members of saffron outfits showed black flags to Ramesh at various places protesting against his temple and toilet remarks.

The Minister had recently said that the country has more temples than toilets, leading to protests by right wing Hindu outfits.



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[harpoon]

Nothing wrong in what he said.

 

[DarkPrince]

what a title

Jairam Ramesh urges women not to marry in homes without toilets

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Nothing wrong in what he said.

But hope it wont create a bride crisis in India as already number of female is much less then the man and more then 70% of the village does not have sanitation services ...

But its a good initiative...

 

[arp2041]

can someone answer me as to whats the obsession of Mr. Ramesh with toilets??

I think he has seen tough times vis-a-vis toilets

 

[Azazel]

Good initiative.Women are key to solving India's sanitation problem.

 

[harpoon]

But hope it wont create a bride crisis in India as already number of female is much less then the man and more then 70% of the village does not have sanitation services ...

But its a good initiative...

I would like to see a source for the 70 percentage villages having no sanitation facilities.

 

[Wickerman]

Well nothing wrong with what he said. Women should demand that the house should have toilets cuz there are people in India who actually dont like toilets!! They like the breeze

Anyway what has our great Rural Development and Water and Sanitation Minister, Jairam Ramesh, ACTUALLY done to alleviate this problem? Has be built public restrooms for people? How about cleaning up all the garbage ? Or how about improving water facilities for the poor people? Just sitting on his rear and then passing nonsensical statements like this is all this guy does. Pffft. They should shut down his toilet and tell him he wont get to use one before he builds toilets for others That should kick him into action

 

[KRAIT]

^Subah Subah Khuli Hawa main karne ka Mazaa hi kuch aur hai....

 

[somebozo]

finally a sensible politician in India wakes up..Perhaps some of the temples can be accorded the responsibility to operate public toilets rather than just amassing funds for the pundits.!

 

[arp2041]

I have 2 toilets in my home, can i marry twice

Also, i have another question - Does the quality of toilet decide, who will be one's wife (Aishwariya, Kareena or Rakhi Sawant)

 

[harpoon]

finally a sensible politician in India wakes up..Perhaps some of the temples can be accorded the responsibility to operate public toilets rather than just amassing funds for the pundits.!

Actually the Waqf Board is the one of the largest real estate owners in India...may be they can provide the land for public latrines.

 

[Wickerman]

I have 2 toilets in my home, can i marry twice

Also, i have another question - Does the quality of toilet decide, who will be one's wife (Aishwariya, Kareena or Rakhi Sawant)

Already we have stupid arranged marriage system and now you wanna base that on toilets

 

[harpoon]

Good initiative.Women are key to solving India's sanitation problem.

No...the key to solving India' sanitation problem is changing the people's mindset who consider toilets as luxury than necessity.

 

[Hyde]