Punjabi boy with Canadian PR the prize, beauty contest in Bathinda leaves twitter fuming

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Updated At : 08:13 PM Oct 19, 2022 IST

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Chandigarh, October 19

For many, it was being seen as a sure short ticket to Canada, however, the Punjab beauty contest promising ‘Canadian NRI Groom’ drew flak from the twitter users.

The unique beauty contest was organised in Bathinda offering a winner a chance to marry a Punjabi boy with Canadian PR. It came under scanner and an FIR was lodged.

The controversial pageant was set to be held on October 23.

Shared on Twitter by the official Twitter profile of Bathinda Police, the post shows the requirements of a beauty pageant.

“Objectionable posters were pasted in some parts of Bathinda city and were also circulating on social media in which indecent words were written against women,” read the caption.

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