Solapur: There is nothing unusual in protests in a democratic country over various issues. But when a protest demonstration is held over the alleged lack of brides in a district by unmarried men dressed as grooms is held it definitely draws eyeballs.
This is exactly what happened in the Solapur district of Maharashtra recently. Locals witnessed the unique scene of a group of unmarried men dressed as grooms and riding on decked-up horses marching towards the district Collectorate. They demanded that the district administration has to find them brides for marriages.
The protest was led by the chairman of Kranti Jyoti Parishad president Ramesh Baraskar. A huge crowd was gathered to see the unique march. Bhaskar said that in Maharashtra the number of women is very less compared to women and the situation is even more alarming in the Solapur district.
