Uttarakhand BJP chief cancels daughter’s marriage ceremony to Muslim man, here is why (Picture: Twitter)
A BJP chief in Uttarakhand has cancelled his daughter’s marriage to a Muslim man. Yashpal Benam took the choice with ‘mutual consent’ with the groom’s household after the marriage invitation card’s image went viral on social media, triggering a ‘controversy’.
The wedding ceremony of the BJP chief’s daughter was scheduled to be held on Might 28 in Pauri Garhwal.
“Being a public consultant, I didn’t need my daughter’s marriage to happen beneath the safety of the police and the administration. I respect public sentiments,” the BJP chief advised media individuals on Saturday.
Benam stated that the wedding was agreed upon the consent of each households, however needed to be known as off after sure issues got here to the fore. “My daughter was going to get married to a Muslim youth. Holding in view the happiness and way forward for the youngsters, each households had determined to get them married, for which the playing cards have been additionally printed and shared. However after the invitation card for the marriage went viral on social media, many kinds of issues got here to the fore objecting to the marriage,” he stated.
“After the controversy erupted, with mutual consent, each households determined to not perform the wedding rituals in the meanwhile,” Benam added. Nonetheless, he stated that the choice relating to his daughter’s marriage to the identical man can be taken along with the household, well-wishers and the groom’s facet.
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