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The official Twitter handle of All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), the women's wing of the Congress, took a dig at the 'Gujarat Model' by posting a picture out of a textbook that taught the 'Advantages of Dowry'.
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The study material was distributed in a Bengaluru college in 2017.
The official Twitter handle of All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), the women’s wing of the Congress, took a dig at the Gujarat Model’ by posting a picture out of a textbook that taught the Advantages of Dowry’. The Gujarat Model’ has been much harped on by the BJP to highlight the state’s economic growth.
Tagging Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani’s office, AIMC cited Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and claimed that the Social science textbook excerpt is BJP’s idea of women empowerment.
India Today’s Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral picture of the textbook excerpt is around two years old. The study material was distributed in a Bengaluru college.
The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.
AIMC took to Twitter to share the picture of the study material with the caption: Ugly display of Gujarat Model Teaching kids Advantages of dowry’. Social science textbook excerpt is BJP’s idea of women empowerment. We want to remind @CMOGuj about Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and by IPC 498a, the offence is cognizable, non-compoundable and non-bailable.
We ran a reverse search and found that the viral image is in fact two years old. As per media reports, students enrolled in the Sociology department at Bangalore’s St. Joseph’s College received this as study material on dowry menace in India. The media had widely covered this news in October 2017.
The text in the viral image begins by saying that though dowry is accepted as an evil practice, it has its supporters who want to retain this custom.
It states seven advantages of dowry which includes the marriage of ugly girls; attracting good, handsome and unwilling boys for marriage; and increasing the status of women in the family.
Incidentally, the incident took place in Karnataka when the state was under Congress rule. The college refuted the allegations and later issued a statement saying the matter was being investigated.
It is clear that the viral textbook excerpt is two years old and from a Bengaluru college and has no relation to Gujarat.
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