All city roads led to Janeshwar Mishra park where grand reception of the marriage of Shivpal Singh Yadav’s son Aditya Singh Yadav was held on Sunday with grand pomp and show.
Aditya nephew of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, tied the nuptial knot with Raj laxmi on March 10 in Saifai – the native village of Yadavs in Etawah. The bride is the daughter of Azamgarh-based politicians Sanjay Singh, who is also related to royal family of Maihar.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his entire family members were present in the reception in Janeshwar Mishra park, tipped to be Asia’s biggest park, which was attended by over 20,000 people from all over the state.
The entry in this function was restricted. The main pandal was constructed almost 500 meters from the main gate. People were allowed entry after showing card. The guests were allowed entry from gate number 3 while the VIPs were allowed entry from gate number 1. Battery operated cars were made available for the aged people.
An event management company from Mumbai took care of the decoration of pandal. It was tastefully decorated with flowers like gladioli, tulips and rajnigandha.
The visitors were treated to a lavish vegetarian dinner that had a dash of both tradition of modernity. It has the flavour of eastern UP in form of Baati chokha while western UP’s Moong dal ka chila and Rajasthan’s Dal baati choorma was in great demand. Then there was butter paneer, mawa kacahuri with stuffed naan, stuffed gobhi and raj kacahuri.
The desert include kesar baati badam, gulab jamun and ice cream
Among the VVIPs who were present in the reception were RJD supremo laloo Yadav, Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, former Prime Minister HD Dewe Gowda, Congress leaders Digvijay Singh, Kripa Shankar Singh, Amar Singh and hoard of ministers in Akhilesh Yadav’s cabinet.
The groom Aditya is the chairman of the Pradeshik Cooperative Federation (PCF).