At a time when many people have been forced to postpone weddings because of the ongoing lockdown due to Covid-19, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy got married to Revathi, the grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing and one of the richest politicians in the state, M Krishnappa on Friday, cocking a snook at the social distancing norms being implemented across the country to stop the chain of transmission of the virus.
News agency ANI reported that more than 100 people participated in the marriage ceremony held at Kumaraswamy’s farmhouse in Kethaganahally, Ramanagara.
#WATCH Karnataka: Nikhil Kumarswamy, son of former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy, tied the knot with Revathi, the grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing M Krishnappa, today in Ramnagar. (Video source: anonymous wedding guest) pic.twitter.com/5DH9fjNshQ
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2020
There were around 50-60 members from former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s family and more than 30 people participated from Revathi’s family, reported ANI.
This comes in the middle of a nationwide lockdown which has been imposed to deal with the coronavirus threat.
Kumaraswamy had shifted the wedding venue to the farmhouse due to the lockdown imposed due to Covid-19 pandemic. He had reportedly vowed to follow all the norms to check the spread of the virus and had claimed to have drastically reduced the number of guests.