Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP Government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to organise a mass wedding for underprivileged Muslim girls in the state.
“The state government will arrange for Sadhbhawna Mandaps in the 49 districts with sizable Muslim population. These Mandaps will be used for performing marriages of poor Muslims as well as poor and backwards from other communities,” Uttar Pradesh Minorities Affairs Minister, Mohsin Raza said.
Besides extending monetary assistance of Rs 20,000 to each girl, the government will bear other expenses for the mass wedding.
“We're also gathering figures of triple talaq victims across UP. We'll soon devise a plan to help & create a means of living for all such women,” Raza added.
Raza also stated that idea of mass weddings for girls from minority communities is also being mulled upon, which would also include Sikhs and Christians, came from the chief minister himself.
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