New Delhi- On a day he would have cherished to be in Jalandhar to rejoice the Aam Aadmi Party’s return to the Lok Sabha by way of the byelection attributable to its former Congress MP’s demise, Raghav Chadha acquired engaged to Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra, higher generally known as the sister of Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
It was a sizzling Saturday afternoon, but the usually somnolent Kapurthala House — as soon as the sprawling Delhi dwelling of Kapurthala’s Maharaja Paramjit Singh and now the official residence of Punjab’s Governor and Chief Minister each time they’re in Delhi — was a beehive of exercise.
Photographers and videographers jostled for the fitting angles, shouted out requests to the coming visitors to pose for footage and excitedly exchanging names, workmen walked in with last-minute deliverables, the night’s granthi sauntered in, and Bollywood favorite designer Manish Malhotra darted out and in with Parineeti’s costume for the event earlier than returning to formally be part of the social gathering.
For the paparazzi who have been ready for a rush of Bollywood and political celebrities, the motion began solely after the night descended on this quieter a part of Lutyens’s Delhi simply throughout the highway from the Taj Mahal Hotel. Earlier within the night, the 2 households did maintain it a low-key affair meant for family members and shut pals.
Priyanka, who was along with her sister at The Lodhi lodge after flying in from Mumbai within the morning, zipped in, flashing a victory signal from her automotive.
Before she arrived, Chadha’s seniors within the Rajya Sabha, each representing West Bengal within the Upper House — ace Supreme Court advocate and Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi with spouse, ghazal and Sufi singer Anita Singhvi, and Derek O’Brien, additionally with spouse, Dr Tonuca Basu — walked in and fortunately posed for the photographers. Singhvi, who even confirmed the paper bag during which he was carrying a present for a pair.
Then got here the political bigwigs — Punjab Chief MInister Bhagwant Mann flaunting his trademark yellow turban and ever-ready smile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his spouse, Sunita Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and Uddhav Thackeray’s son, Aditya Thackeray, and former finance minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, P. Chidambaram, straight off his tv appearances submit the social gathering’s victory in Karnataka.
On a day when the Karnataka election outcomes have been consuming the mindspace of the nation, these politicians have been taking a well-deserved break, although, no doubt, their dialog should all have been concerning the altering political narrative.