NCP chief Sharad Pawar says young men not finding brides because of unemployment

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has criticised the BJP governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra over unemployment, saying it is creating social issues as young men of marriageable age are not finding brides.

Speaking before flagging off the NCP’s Jan Jagar Yatra campaign here on Wednesday, Pawar said a rift is being created between communities and an attempt is being made to divert the attention from real issues like inflation and unemployment.

It is possible to address the issue of hunger in the country as our farmers have increased the production, but the people in power are not ready to give due remuneration to farmers, instead they are safeguarding the interests of middlemen and pushing the common people into the gorge of inflation, the former Union agriculture minister claimed.

Once while travelling I came across 15 to 20 men in the age group 25 to 30 sitting idle in a public square in a village. I asked them what did they do. Some said they are graduates, some said they are post-graduates. When I asked if they were married, everyone responded in the negative, the NCP chief said.

Pawar said when he asked them the reason, they said no one was ready to give them brides as they had no jobs.These complaints are being heard more in rural parts of the state, he noted.