Mirzapur: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Department Thakur Raghuraj Singh has courted a controversy saying Pakistani girls were “eager to marry Indian boys”. Singh made the statement during his visit to Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday where he reviewed various development projects. “I watched the Pakistani girls on TV last night saying they wanted to marry Indian boys.
Pakistani girls eager to marry Indian boys: Union MoS Thakur Raghuraj Singh
The development measures in India are now affecting the neighbouring countries. That's why the girls of Pakistan are eager to marry the Indian boys. The girls do not know when they will get divorced if they marry Pakistani men whereas, in India, the life of women is secure,” Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Department Thakur Raghuraj Singh said.
Pakistani girls eager to marry Indian boys: Union MoS Thakur Raghuraj Singh
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This has increased the demand for Indian boys and India. There they remain in the marriage for some two-and-a-half years and are given triple talaq, but if they marry Hindu boys, they are secure till 60 years of age,” Singh said. During his visit to Mirzapur, the MoS reviewed the construction of residential schools for children. He further said that the government was levying tax on private and government houses to fund the scheme of providing marriage assistance of Rs 2 lakh to girls.