India, Aug. 12 -- Just after scrapping of Article 370 & 35A by the central government, social media was abuzz with people talking about the purchase of plots in Jammu & Kashmir and dreams of bringing girls from the territory as wives. Excited with the party's success in fulfilling a promise from its manifesto, BJP-led Haryana Government's Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stoked controversy with his comments on women from J&K.

"Our minister OP Dhankhar used to say that he will bring a 'bahu' (daughter-in-law) from Bihar. Nowadays, people are saying that the path to Kashmir has been cleared, so now we will bring girls from Kashmir," the CM said. He was speaking at a state-level function in Fatehabad and was commenting on the success of the...