Dr Biju Ramesh hosted his daughter Megha’s wedding at the Rajdhani Gardens where a replica of Mysore Palace was created to greet around 20,000 guests at the venue
On Sunday, Thiruvananthapuram played host to one of the most lavish weddings the state has ever seen. People compared it to the recent Rs 500 crore wedding of Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy’s daughter, and not just for the amount of expenditure involved.
Prominent Kerala liquor baron and politician, Dr Biju Ramesh, hosted his daughter Megha’s wedding. Her groom was none other than Ajaykrishnan, the son of Congress MLA Konni and former State Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash. The reason the wedding turned so many heads however, is thanks to early reports that the reception would feature replicas of the Mysore Palace and Akshardham temple at the venue.
In an interview to The News Minute, Ramesh explained that the extravagant idea was actually a friend’s. “A replica of the Mysore palace will greet around 20,000 guests as they enter the wedding venue. Walking in through its gates, they enter the lobby area where they would be greeted, and then they move towards the stage which has been set up on the lines of the Akshardham temple,” he said.
Aside from the decor, the wedding party was also being entertained by well-known playback singer Shweta Mohan, with a 80,000-square-foot wedding pandal to be the guests’ playground. All of this despite the fact that the Income Tax Department is already investigating Janardhan Reddy for the lavish wedding party he threw, though that doesn’t seem to deter Ramesh. When asked how he was paying for the entire affair in the current state of demonetization, no straightforward answers were forthcoming.
It is important to note that Ramesh was a whistleblower in the UDF bar bribery scam. Prakash himself has been in headlines for allegedly demanding Rs 25 lakh bribe, to sanction a ration depot at Omasseri in Kozhikode, while in office.
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