Days after he kicked up a row by stating that there were more temples than toilets in the country, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged women not to get married into families that 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 people of Khajuri village near Kota.
“You consult astrologers about rahu–ketu 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, Mr. Ramesh launched the third edition of the Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Sangod in Kota district.
Keywords: Jairam Ramesh, controversial statements, toilets issue
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh campaign must be welcomed by one and all. Also all women should demand that their children should be sent to school and strengthen RTE.
The Minister is quite right. If people can refuse to get married in families based on the unsubstantiated theories of
planetary mismatch ,there is nothing wrong in refusing marriage due to non-availability of toilet.
Indian governments have not created or provided jobs to millions of poor
people. Ministers and top-most officials are not aware of the ground
realities. How different are they from "Nero" or "Catherine"? An
official, whose job was to conduct elections, said that voting should be
made compulsory and i say eating 3 meals(not even square) is to be made
compulsory first.
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