NEW DELHI: A delegation of leading women NGOs led by V Hanumantha Rao, Member of Parliament and Iftekhar Shareef, the First Dual Citizen Of India met Vyalar Ravi, Union Minister For Overseas Indian Affairs on Oct 25 to present the memorandum in reference to increasing domestic violence cases and misuse of legal system for deceiving the spouses resulting in high rate of divorces.

The delegation included Members of Parliaments from Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and members of legislative assemblies. Hanumantha Rao said families must be aware about the increasing number of cases and problems relating to Indian girls marriages with NRIs.

Iftekhar Shareef said that parents of abused spouses are concerned about the escalation in the incidence of desertion of Indian spouses by NRI's. Vylar Ravi suggested to have awareness meetings and said that conferences should be conducted by all the leading organizations and make available the rights of the abused spouses in their respective countries.

The minister also suggested the NGOs to approach his office or respective Consul General's Offices any time in the related matter and assured to take action against those Consul Generals who are non co-operative in the subject matter.

Shareef requested the minister to include the topic of subject matter of the awareness of spouses abuse in the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in January 2009 in Chennai. The delegation demanded and submitted some of the recommendations to the Minister regarding NRI issues that require urgent attention.

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