'Self Marriage Will Reduce Hindu Population': BJP Leader Slams Vadodara Woman's Sologamy
Sunita Shukla, former deputy mayor of Vadodara, has expressed objection to the announcement of 24-year-old Kshama Bindu that she will marry herself at Harihareshwar temple in Vadodara in an act of sologamy.
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has expressed her displeasure at Gujarat's woman's decision to marry herself.
Sunita Shukla, former deputy mayor of Vadodara, has expressed objection to the announcement of 24-year-old Kshama Bindu that she will marry herself at Harihareshwar temple in Vadodara in an act of sologamy.
Sunita said that such marriages are against Hinduism and will reduce the population of Hindus.
"Won't be allowed to marry in any temple"
"I am against the choice of the venue. She will not be allowed to marry herself in any temple," the BJP leader said.
Sunita's remarks come after Congress leader Milind Deora termed this news of a woman wanting to marry herself as "wokeness" bordering on insanity.
I have said it before ¡ª ¡®wokeness¡¯ borders on insanity.
¡ª Milind Deora | ?????? ????? ?? (@milinddeora) June 2, 2022
Let¡¯s hope it stays far, far away from India. https://t.co/7zqleDXbwQ
"Let's hope it stays far, far away from India," Deora tweeted receiving severe backlash from social media users.
Kshama Bindu, a young private firm employee, is all set to tie the knot to herself in what is called "sologamy", or self-marriage.
Pheras, indoor, and a honeymoon in Goa are part of Kshama's plan for her wedding, which will be held according to Hindu customs and rituals.
Calling Kshama mentally ill, the BJP leader said that nowhere in Hindu culture it is written that a boy can marry a boy and a girl can marry a girl.
A priest booked to solemnise marriage
Meanwhile, Bindu, who identifies as bisexual, has claimed that her marriage will be the first instance of sologamy in India. When she told her parents about her decision to marry herself, they were astonished at first but agreed later.
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Both her parents are engineers. Her father is in South Africa and her mother stays in Ahmedabad.
Kshama has already booked a priest to solemnise her marriage.
However, legal experts have said that sologamy does not have any legal backing in India.
¡°As per Indian laws, you cannot marry yourself. There have to be two persons in a marriage. Sologamy is not legal,¡± senior High Court advocate Krishnakant Vakharia told PTI.
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