Rampur: Bride quits wedding to get her paper after clinching BDC seat

BAREILLY: A 28-year-old bride in Rampur excused herself from her wedding ceremony midway on Sunday after she was told that she had won the block development council seat, and rushed to the counting centre to receive her winner’s certificate. May 2 was her wedding as well as the day of counting votes in the recently concluded panchayat elections in UP.
Poonam Sharma, a resident of Mohammadpur Jadid village in Milak area of the district, was about to exchange flower garlands with her groom when she received the news of her win.She rushed to the counting centre which was 20km from the wedding venue to receive the certificate at 9.30pm on Sunday. Remaining rituals were completed later after she returned from the centre.
Sharma, a graduate, said, “This is the best wedding gift for me as I am a BDC member now. I can never forget this moment as all the rituals were completed and just before the ‘varmala’ I was told that I had won the election by 31 votes. My in-laws allowed me to leave the marriage hall to collect the certificate.”