FEMALE INFANTICIDE: DRAUPADI-LIKE SITUATION MAY ARISE, AJIT PAWAR
The Daily Guardian|April 18, 2024
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said female infanticide had skewed the sex ratio so much in some parts of the state that in future "one might have to think of Draupadi".
FEMALE INFANTICIDE: DRAUPADI-LIKE SITUATION MAY ARISE, AJIT PAWAR

Draupadi, a character from the Hindu epic "Mahabharat", had five husbands.

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