New Delhi, July 13: Congress and CPI-M on Monday flayed BJP government in Madhya Pradesh over reports of virginity test of girls conducted before their marriage under a special scheme.
Congress MP Santosh Bagrodia, who raised the issue of the virginity tests allegedly done by the state government on June 26 when 151 girls were to be married under ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Yojana’, told reporters outside Parliament, “If the tests have happened, it should be condemned.”
Terming it “demeaning” and “injustice to women”, he demanded strict action against those on whose directives the alleged tests were carried out and also a change in rules if there was any such provision in the existing scheme.
CPI(M) polit bureau member Brinda Karat said it was an attack on the dignity and self esteem of those girls who are being married under the government scheme.
“Carrying out physical test of girls by any government agency engaged in mass-marriage is very wrong. It’s an attack on the dignity and self esteem of those girls,” she said.
Meanwhile BJP leader Najma Heptulla said no such incident had taken place. “Chief Minister of the state denied that any such incident took place. The deputy collector had also given a report saying nothing of this sort happened. Giving such wrong publicity will badly affect those girls,” she said.
—-Agencies