Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Gets Married to Dr Gurpreet Kaur. This will be his second marriage as he and his first wife got divorce six years ago.
Dr Gurpreet Kaur, who hails from Pehowa in Kurukshetra, is 32 years old.
She and Bhagwant Mann, who is 48, have known each other for a long time.
This wedding will take place in Chandigarh.
AAP leader Raghav Chaddha has given the responsibility for the preparations.
List of Indian Political Couples with Big Age Differences
Digvijaya Singh and Amrita Rai
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh tied the knot with TV journalist Amrita Rai in Tamil Nadu.
The age difference between the two is 25 years.
Amrita Rai took to Facebook and confirm the wedding by saying,
“Those who themselves have no concept or belief in love and dignity tried to shame me on social media. But all during this period, I kept a dignified silence and went on with my work, believing in myself and my love for DIgvijaya.”
“I know, question have been raised and will be raised on the age difference between us. But I sincerely feel that at my age I know what is good for me and I can take my decisions as per my own wisdom. We live in a modern, progressive India, and the constitutional and legal framework has empowered me to decide about my life and my life’s choices.”
Periyar and Maniammai
A 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, tied the knot to the 32-year-old Maniammai on 9th July, 1949.
The marriage cause outrage and was said to have cause a split in the organisation form by the politician.
Maniammai, who join the Dravidar Kazhagam after her father’s demise in early 20s, became Periyar’s most trust follower.
Periyar had explain that the marriage was “purely an arrangement to secure his property while satisfying the law.”
HD Kumaraswamy and Radhika Kumaraswamy
HD Kumaraswamy got married to Sandalwood actor Radhika Kutty.
The age difference between the pair is 27 years.
Even before the election, Kumaraswamy was criticise severely for marrying Radhika despite being in a relationship with his first wife Anitha.
M. Karunanidhi and Rajathi Ammal
Rajathi Ammal is third wife of DMK supremo Muthuvel Karunanidhi, who pass away at the age of 94 on 7th August, 2019.
In the 1960s, he fell in love with Rajathi Ammal during an election campaign and married her as per a tradition start by the DMK was known as the ‘Swayam Maryada Kalyamam’ meaning ‘Marriage of Self-Respect’.
The age difference between the duo was 21 years.
