Marriages Held Secretly During COVID-19 Lockdown Declared Illegal in India's Madhya Pradesh
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Sputnik International
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Government data suggests that 32 percent of the total population are married off in Madhya Pradesh before they reach the legal age to be married. Despite mass gatherings being forbidden in the state, people have gone ahead with scheduled marriages in the past few weeks.
In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, couples who tied the knot this month may have a fight on their hands in trying to prove that the marriage is official, as the state government has declared that weddings held secretly during the May lockdown are illegal.