Coronavirus pandemic has brought certain changes in ourlives as education plans, weddings plans had to take a back seat amidst theinfection-induced lockdown.
When the first wave of the Covid-19 hit India, thingschanged vividly and those who had plans of getting married had to postpone itfor quite some time. However, in the beginning of 2021, it seemed like things had started to fallback on track a second disastrous wave of the infection had hit.
To curb the second wave of the infection, the authoritieshad to take stern action, which included a restriction on gathering limit, travelban, and what not. Meanwhile, those who already postponed their wedding to 2021 hadn’tforeseen that their joyous moments would again be tangy for them.
Corona Weddings have attracted attention from many as afew reports emerged that bride and groom got married wearing a PPE kit, low-keymarriages at home, marriages in adherence to the Covid-19 behavior, and muchmore. Perhaps in all events, one thing was common that it’s a wedding but ‘whose’it made all the difference.
Since the pandemic has arrived in India, severalpolitical leaders and celebrities became part of the wedding functions in whichmost of them were seen flouting the Covid-19 norms.
In the latest development, an FIR was lodged against thenewly wedded couple Sughanda Mishra and Sanket Bhosale who tied the knot onApril 26. 9 days after their marriage, police took action against them aftertheir wedding video did rounds on the internet.
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It may be noted here that at the time of comedian andplayback singer Sughanda Mishra’s wedding the government has restricted thegathering for weddings at just 20. Though, Sughanda-Bhosale’s wedding was quitelow-key it grabbed the attention of everybody. This time Kapurthala Police realizedthat nearly 100 people gathered for the comedian’s marriage in which Covid-19norms were flouted hence, FIR lodged against the couple and the hotel owner whoorganized the event.
On the flip side, two days before Sughanda’s marriage,another video from the Kapurthala district of Punjab emerged in which an electedrepresentative of Phagwara was seen tossing the Covid-19 norms in the wedding.
In the video, Congress MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal could be seen dancing and enjoying awedding function of the city’s former councilor Davinder Sapra’s daughter.From the video, it was also assumed that there were more people at the partythan allowed. Apart from this, no one in the video was seen wearing a mask orpracticing social distancing.
Pertinently, both thecomedian’s and the politicians’ wedding took place in the same week that too inthe vicinity of Kapurthala, however, local police action has differed for both sides. As of now, no FIR has been registered against MLA Dhaliwal.