A group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection society to address their grievances.
The men, who said they had enough of their "nagging" wives, dressed up in clothes traditionally worn by grooms and paraded through the city of Lucknow this week to ask for a National Commission for Men.
"We are asking for equal rights. We want somebody to listen to the grievances of men," said Subhash Dube, a medical doctor who described himself as a victimised husband.
The president of the All India Welfare Committee for Husbands, Indu Pandey, said statistics showed abuse of a section of the penal code (498A) meant to protect women against their husbands. However, there has been a demand to amend this law a lot of times.
Most of the misuse of the law has been related to dowry issues, with women and their family members registering false claims that they have been harassed by their husbands or their families about not paying enough, Pandey said.
