Chandigarh, February 26
On the question of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Jaito MLA Baldev Singhduring the question-answer hour, minister for Social Justice Empowerment and Minority Affairs Minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot informed the House that an amount worth Rs 50,000 was given to a couple arranging inter-caste marriage. On the supplementary question by Master Baldev Singh, the Minister informed that payment to a total of 3,284 couples was pending, while the amount was being released to as many as 1,000 couples immediately. The Jaito legislator said that if the government in the saddle took such cases a tad seriously, the caste distinctions could be eliminated from the society by promoting the idea of inter-caste marriages in the state.
