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Madhya Pradesh: Unable to buy oxen, poor man uses his sisters to plough fields

In a heart-wrenching incident, a man was forced to use his two young sisters to pull the plough through his field as he could not afford to buy oxen. The incident has been reported from Madhya Pradesh's Sehore, which also happens to be the home district of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Poverty forces man to use his sisters to plough fields
Poverty forces man to use his sisters to plough fields

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Published : Jun 19, 2021, 11:28 AM IST

Sehore (Madhya Pradesh):In a shocking incident reported from Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore, a man, too poor to buy a pair of oxen, was forced to use his two young sisters to plough through their field. A video of this heart-wrenching incident is doing rounds on social media. According to the report, Shailendra Kushwaha, a resident of Nanakpur in Ashta tehsil, was forced to use the services of his sisters in the field as he has no money to buy oxen.

Kushwaha said his father died about 10 years ago and since then their financial condition is pitiable. "Since the death of my father, I had to shoulder the responsibility of the family. My mother works as a labourer and I have two younger sisters. We are too poor to afford oxen and have to rely on my sisters to plough the field," he narrated his ordeal, saying his family only owns a thatched house and four acres of land where they grow soybeans.

Poverty forces man to use his sisters to plough fields

It is pertinent to mention here that Kushwaha, along with his sisters, has been ploughing the field this way for the last several years. However, the administration is yet to take cognizance of the issue.

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