UP: Groom Goes To Cast His Vote In Muzaffarnagar Ahead Of His Own Wedding
¡°Pehle matdaan, uske baad bahu, uske baad sab kaam (first comes voting, then wife and everything else after that),¡± he also told reporters.
Polling for the Uttar Pradesh elections have begun with full force and people from all across the state are making sure to cast their votes. But some people are more determined than others to cast their votes no matter what obligations they have.
A groom wearing a suit and pagdi exercised his right to vote in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 at a polling booth in Muzaffarnagar. He cast his vote on the day of his wedding.
This groom named Ankur Balyan, along with his family, arrived at the polling centre to cast his vote in the morning. When asked if he had come from the wedding ceremony, the groom¡ªwearing a dark blue suit and red safa¡ªsaid, ¡°Ab jayenge ji baarat leke (Will go with the wedding procession now).¡±
"Pehle matdaan, uske baad bahu, uske baad sab kaam (First vote, then wife, then other work," the groom told ANI outside the polling booth.
#WATCH | "Pehle matdaan, uske baad bahu, uske baad sab kaam," says Ankur Balyan, a bridegroom who had come to cast his vote at a polling booth in Muzaffarnagar ahead of his wedding today.#UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/KaYsv5s2Bb
¡ª ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 10, 2022
People on the internet cracked up seeing this unusual instance. Many had some very valid questions about the groom as well. One user wrote, ¡®No Election is complete without the bride & bridegroom casting their vote in their wedding dress.¡± Another wrote, ¡±Agar shaadi thi to sabah subah tayyar hokar kyon aa gaya. Ye sab tv par aane ke drama ka hota hai. He could have come in normal clothes, vote & then get ready & then married. What is intent of coming in dressed as ¡°groom¡± instead of dressed as ¡°normal clothes¡± to the polling station.¡±
?? ?? gazab ??
¡ª Nikhil (@nikhilsureka) February 10, 2022
???? ?? ???? ?? ?? ??? zaruri ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ?? ??? ????
Sabko footage chahiye https://t.co/XEubznHvLH
No Election is complete without the bride & bridegroom casting their vote in their wedding dress. ? https://t.co/shGGVUgzOF
¡ª Sumit (@_RKSumit) February 10, 2022
Election ke anokhe ranghttps://t.co/W6INSVqdqg
¡ª Indian Political Report (@IPR_IND) February 10, 2022
Har election mei dulha dulhan ki entry polling booth pr mandatory hai#UttarPradeshElections2022 https://t.co/EvfJ7GhSGt
¡ª ShaiL (@maukaterian) February 10, 2022
This is not the first time a groom has made his wedding ceremony wait to cast his vote. Another instance took place in UP where a bridegroom cast his vote at a polling station in Bijnor. The groom came to the polling booth wearing a sehra and a 'note ki mala'.
A bridegroom casts his vote at a polling station in Bijnor. #IndiaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/7gHghhTqLX
¡ª ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 11, 2019
Polling for the first phase of UP Assembly elections began on Thursday in 58 constituencies spread across 11 districts in the western region of the state. As many as 623 candidates are in the fray and around 2.27 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase. Long queues of voters were seen in booths across the state and a turnout of 20 per cent was recorded till 11 am.
Hope to see more such unusual instances at the polling booth.
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