India’s Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh, has advised families to not only consult astrology when deciding the perfect match for their daughters, but also to check if the potential husband has an indoor toilet, the Daily Telegraph reports.
This is the major doctrine of the ‘no toilet, no bride’ campaign launched by the government to ensure that each home has a functional lavatory after it emerged that more people have a mobile phone contract than access to a toilet.
‘You consult astrologers about rahu-ketu (the alignment of sun and moon) before getting married.
‘You should also look whether there is a toilet in your groom’s home before you decide. Don’t get married in a house where there is no toilet,’ he warned during a speech to villagers in Rajasthan.
Earlier this year India was branded the ‘world’s largest open-air toilet’ saying that 60 per cent of the people in the world who carry out their business in the open, live in India.