Patna: The wedding of Anand Singh’s younger daughter, the MLA from Bihar’s Mokama constituency, has become a topic of discussion. The groom is set to be given a Land Rover Defender car worth Rs. 2.5 crore.
Anand Singh is among Bihar’s criminal politicians. Several criminal cases have been registered against him. Anand Singh had also spent time in jail in connection with a murder charge. Like him, Anand Singh’s wife, Neelam Devi, is also an MLA from the ruling Janata Dal (United) party.
On one occasion, Anand Singh became an MLA after contesting the legislative assembly election while in prison. His daughter Shivangi Singh’s wedding, scheduled to take place on November 25, has become a talking point in the northern states.
The groom, Rishikesh Kumar, lives in the United States. As a wedding gift, Anand Singh is giving him a 'Land Rover Defender' car worth around Rs. 2.5 crore.
Rishikesh Kumar holds an MBA degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA. His father, Ranvijay Kumar Singh, serves as a commandant in the Central Reserve Police Force.
This wedding will take place in Ladma, the ancestral village of Anand Singh in the Mokama area. Anand Singh is set to spend several crores of rupees on this wedding. A grand pandal is being set up over an area of about 6 acres. Around 150 varieties of dishes are being prepared for the guests.
During the same event, the upanayanam (sacred thread ceremony) of Anand Singh’s younger son, Abhinav Singh, will also be held. For this, Anand Singh is going to gift Abhinav a BMW car.
For this grand wedding celebration, invitations have been extended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajya Sabha member and former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and several other political and film personalities.
About 400,000 people are expected to attend this wedding. Anand Singh, a horse-breeding enthusiast, had declared assets worth Rs. 100 crore during the election. His wife, Neelam Devi, had stated that she possessed assets worth more than Rs. 26 crore.
For his daughter’s lavish wedding, Anand Singh has also announced a national-level horse race. A Thar Jeep has been announced as the prize for the winners.
Similarly, this is not the first time an extravagant political family wedding with expensive gifts has taken place. Earlier, in 2011, the son of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha constituency MP Kanwar Singh Tanwar, Lalit Kanwar, married Yogita, the daughter of former Haryana MLA Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria. Hundreds of crores of rupees were spent on the wedding.
Sukhbir Singh gave Lalit Kanwar a 'Bell 429' helicopter worth Rs. 33 crore as dowry. In addition, Rs. 2.5 crore was given to the groom’s family, and cash and gifts worth more than Rs. 1 crore were presented to other family members during the wedding ceremonies.
Each of the approximately 3,000 guests who attended the wedding was given silver biscuits, safari suits, and gifts worth between 11,000 and 40,000 rupees.
