Pakistani Bride reaches India, Thanks to Sushma Swaraj for Saving the Day

Jodhpur, November 7, 2016: Keeping aside the tension going on between India and Pakistan, helped a Pakistani bride and her 35 relatives to get a visa for the wedding functions.

After struggling with the application of visas for one month, Naresh Tewani of Jodhpur will marry Priya Bachchani of Karachi on Monday.

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Priya was engaged to Naresh for the past three years. They decided to get married in Jodhpur on November 7.

According to TOI, Kanhaiya Lal Tewani, father of the groom, said, "We had applied for visa well in time keeping the wedding schedule in mind. We started preparations accordingly, right from arranging accommodation for them to sending invitation cards. But when there was a delay in obtaining visas and we halted preparations and focused entirely on getting the same issued by the Indian embassy in Pakistan."

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The Indian embassy was delaying in granting the visas. The family had heard of many cases where Sushma Swaraj helped the families with visas issues. So, when the date was near, the groom made a request to Sushma Swaraj through twitter to help them get visas for 35 members of the bride's family from Pakistan to attend the wedding.

She ensured the family that the visas will be granted to the bride and her family for the function at the Indian embassy in Pakistan.

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"We are thankful for the quick response of the minister. All the 35 members got their visas to come to Jodhpur, though, in two parts," said Naresh. Some members of the bride's family arrived through the Wagha border while some others took the Thar Express.

The bride's family reached Jodhpur on Sunday. "I am very happy that everything has gone on as planned and we are enjoying the ceremonies here," said Priya.

-by NewsGram team