Ranchi Sep 28 (IANS) A man in Jharkhand has refused to visit the house of his in-laws as there is no toilet there.
Pramod Kumar a resident of Bhuli in Jharkhand s Dhanbad district got married to a girl of Jogtiyabad village in Girididh district on April 15 this year.
He wanted to answer nature s call the morning after his marriage. When he asked where the toilet was situated his in-laws gave him a pot and showed him the way to the field.
This incident left him embarrassed.
After returning home Pramod put a blanket ban on his wife s visit to his in-laws house. He also put a condition that he would visit only after a toilet was constructed.
"My son-in-law is unhappy with us as there is no toilet in our house. He has refused to come to our house till a toilet is constructed. I have made up my mind to construct a toilet so that he can come to my house " Pramod s father-in-law Jageshwar Paswan said.
The Jharkhand government is working to make the state Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2018.
--IANS
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