Bhagwant Mann, Punjab's Chief Minister, married Gurpreet Kaur on Thursday. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal attended the wedding in Chandigarh along with his family. He took part in the ceremony as Mann's elder brother. AAP MP Raghav Chadda tweeted the first photos of the function. Chadda, a close friend of the Punjab Chief Minister, oversaw arrangements of the marriage function at Mann's official residence. In a tweet he wrote in Punjabi, he saidi: "Today is the wedding of my pal, we are very excited". He also congratulated the 48-year-old leader.
Bhagwant Mann, wearing golden attire and a yellow turban, arrived at the wedding venue under a Phulkari dupatta. He was flanked by Raghav Chadha, Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders. A ribbon cutting ceremony was performed by the bride's friends. After the Anand Karaj ceremony, the couple took blessings of elders present at the function.
The food menu of Bhagwant Mann's wedding included karahi paneer, lasagna Siciliano, tandoori kulcha, dal makhani, navratan biryani, apricot-stuffed kofta and burrani raita. Fresh fruit trifle, moong dal halwa, angoori rasmalai and rabari were on the desserts menu.
Who is Gurpreet Kaur?
Gurpreet Kaur is a medical doctor by profession. She is 30 years old.
She belongs to Pehowa of Haryana's Kurukshetra district. She completed her MBBS from a private university in Haryana in 2018. She has two sisters who settled abroad.
Before the wedding, Kaur wrote on Twitter," The day of marriage has arrived".
Gurpreet Kaur knew Bhagwant Mann from before. She is a friend of Mann's sister and would visit their house. She is originally from Punjab and is a Sikh by religion. It is Mann's mother and sister who convinced him to marry Kaur.
This is Mann's second marriage. He and his first wife Inderjeet Kaur had divorced each other in 2015. They have two children. Kaur and his children live in the United States' California.
Mann had said he was sacrificing his personal life for Punjab's betterment.
With inputs from IANS
