Mumbai, May 15 (PTI) Union Minister of State for social justice Ramdas Athawale on Sunday demanded that a "Wife's Day" be celebrated along the lines of Mother's Day.

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Speaking at an event in Sangli in Maharashtra, Athawale said, "a mother gives birth while a wife stands by her husband in good and bad times".

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"Behind every successful man there is a woman. We should celebrate Wife's Day," he added.

International Mother's Day is celebrated and observed on the second Sunday in the month of May.

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