New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the wedding reception of Ria Badal, daughter of BJP national vice-president Manpreet Singh Badal, in New Delhi.
The reception was held shortly after the wedding ceremony earlier in the day. Ria married RK Martand Singh, grandson of veteran Congress leader Karan Singh. The groom and his father were seen in traditional royal attire at the reception.
Senior leaders from the BJP’s Punjab unit and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) attended the event. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife, Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, were among those present.
The guest list included several prominent personalities, senior ministers and members of the royal families of Himachal Pradesh, Scindia and Jammu.
The reception was hosted at the private residence of Jai Inder Kaur, daughter of former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Jai Inder Kaur’s son, Nirvan Singh, is married to Mriganka Singh, granddaughter of Karan Singh.
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Lok Sabha MP Simranjit Singh Mann and Radha Soami Satsang Beas chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon also attended the reception.
Union home minister Amit Shah could not attend the event due to prior engagements in Chhattisgarh.
