The Hindu : MLC concerned over plight of woman on dharna

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Wednesday, Mar 12, 2003

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Southern States - Karnataka

MLC concerned over plight of woman on dharna

By Our Staff Reporter

Bangalore March 11. M.R.Tanga (BJP) today brought to the notice of the Legislative Council the plight of Anudita, who has been staging a dharna along with her 11-month-old child in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Gulbarga, demanding justice from her husband and in-laws who were allegedly harassing her for more dowry.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, he said Ms. Anudita, who hailed from Madhya Pradesh, had married a man from Gulbarga, son of a retired police officer.

At the time of marriage, her parents had allegedly given Rs. 4 lakh as dowry, but her husband and in-laws were demanding more money and had sent her out of the house.

The woman, he said, had been sitting under the blazing sun with her child under the shadow of an umbrella, but not a single social activist had sympathised with her.

The officers had not bothered to talk to her as her father-in-law was pressuring everybody. Expressing fear that the woman and the child would not be able to bear the heat (39 degree Celsius in Gulbarga) much longer, Mr. Tanga urged the Government to intervene in the matter.

The Health and Family Welfare Minister, Kagodu Thimmappa, said that he would request the Minister for Women and Child Welfare to provide protection.

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