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Article: Anti-dowry oath must for state jobs in Uttar Pradesh.

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July 25, 2009
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Byline: Amrit Dhillon, Correspondent

New Delhi: Any man taking up a new government job in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will have to take a solemn oath to have no truck with the practice of dowry. If he is already married, he has to sign an affidavit declaring that he did not demand a dowry from his wife's family at the time of getting married.

If unmarried, he must pledge that he will not demand a dowry when he gets married.

Such a requirement for all new civil servants was introduced in 2004 but has been observed by only 2,000 or so of the 200,000 employees in the state. Now Chief Minister Mayawati, (who goes by a single name) has ...

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