Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur Vows to Boycott Dowry-Based Weddings

Kathmandu. Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur has announced that she will no longer attend any wedding ceremonies involving dowry transactions.Expressing deep dissatisfaction via social media, she noted that the wedding invitations she has been receiving during the current marriage season fail to mention a 'dowry-free wedding.'Highlighting her concern that society remains trapped by the harmful practice of dowry, she declared her refusal to participate in any such events moving forward.Deputy Speaker Thakur stated that beyond the act of giving or receiving dowry, accepting such marriages, attending the ceremonies, or partaking in the feasts is socially unacceptable and legally punishable. She...