Siddharthnagar. Under the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme, a mass marriage program was conducted at the BSA Ground on Wednesday in the presence of chief guest MP Jagdambika Pal, MLA Jai Pratap Singh, MLA Shyamdhani Rahi, District President BJP Deepak Maurya, former MLA Dr. Satish Dwivedi, and District Magistrate Shivsharanappa GN, Superintendent of Police Dr. Abhishek Mahajan, Chief Development Officer Balram Singh and other public representatives.
A total of 412 couples attended the mass marriage program under the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Scheme in the vacant courtyard next to the District Basic Education Officer office. The marriages of 303 couples from Hindu community, 64 couples from Buddhist community and 45 couples from Muslim community were solemnized. In which people from Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim communities participated. In this marriage ceremony, the marriage of the people of Hindu family was solemnized by the Pandit and the marriage ceremony of the couples of Muslim community was solemnized by the Maulana and the marriage of the Buddhist community was solemnized as per their religion.
Officers in charge were appointed for all the lines for the Chief Minister Mass Marriage Scheme programme. Chief guest MP Jagdambika Pal while addressing the program said that the mass marriage program is being organized on a grand scale under the direction of the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and under the efficient leadership of the district administration. Daughters of poor families are worried about getting their marriage done with pomp and show. Today, the Chief Minister has removed their worries and done the same in a grand manner through mass marriages. Today is a historic day. We all have got the opportunity to witness this.
Welcoming everyone present, MLA Jai Pratap Singh said that the Chief Minister's Mass Marriage Program was started by the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh in the year 2018. Quality items are given to the bride and groom by the Chief Minister. Cash is transferred to the bride's bank account.
MLA Shyamadhani Rahi said that the Chief Minister is always concerned about the poor. People from poor families are worried about the marriage of their daughters, hence the Chief Minister is organizing the marriage of daughters of poor families through mass marriages in all the districts.
Former MLA Dr. Satish Dwivedi, while welcoming everyone, said that the Chief Minister was concerned about the marriage of poor daughters. That's why the Chief Minister started mass marriages. Everyone is getting the benefits of the schemes without any discrimination. District President BJP Deepak Maurya said that it is a commendable work by the Chief Minister to get the daughters of poor families married through mass marriage.
District Magistrate Shivsharanappa G N, while welcoming the public representatives and all others, said that Rs. 64000 is being given to the bank account of each couple through DBT and goods worth Rs. 21000 have also been given and Rs. 15000 has been spent on welcoming the wedding procession. The bride and groom were blessed by Superintendent of Police Dr. Abhishek Mahajan and Chief Development Officer Balram Singh.
During this, MP representative S.P. Aggarwal, Additional District Magistrate (V/R) Gaurav Srivastava, Additional Superintendent of Police Prashant Kumar, DC VB – G Ram Ji Sandeep Singh, District Social Welfare Officer Mahipal Singh, concerned Block Development Officer and Executive Officer and other officers were present.