A minister in Madhya Pradesh is in trouble over some dirty dancing. No, it was not he who did all this dancing. It was some "erotic" dance at a government-sponsored mass wedding of 101 poor girls in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, that has people gunning for him. The man behind this function was state minister for cooperatives, Gopal Bhargava. He had on April 20 invited thousands of people to the gathering, with promises of great celebrations. Here's in brief from what the Times of India reported: [Link]
The entertainment turned into a nightmare when brawls erupted no sooner the Bedia tribals, who numbered around 100, began an erotic dance that simulated sexual movements. The dance, which in its traditional form is called Rai, is usually performed by sex workers from the Bundelkhand region, and their first movements are lifting up the skirts and then lying on the stage, with suggestive thrusts and rhythms normally associated with copulation.
The mass wedding was held under the state's ‘Kanyadaan Yojana’ on ‘Akshaya Tritiya’, the day believed to be the most auspicious according to the Hindu calendar, in Garakota town. PCC spokesman Manak Agarwal is furious: “The minister not only sat through watching the indecent dance, but even invited people to participate in it.” Agarwal said his party would ask CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan to sack Bhargava, or else it would approach the governor to expel him.
