New Delhi: On a day he would like to celebrate the return of the Aam Aadmi Party to the Lok Sabha in Jalandhar, a bypoll due to the death of its former Congress MP, Raghav Chadha got engaged to Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra, who is known as Priyanka’s sister. Is known. Chopra Jonas.
It was a warm Saturday afternoon, yet the usually sleepy Kapurthala House – once the sprawling Delhi home of Maharaja Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala and now the official residence of the Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab whenever they are in Delhi – a beehive tha activity.
Photographers and videographers jostle for perfect angles, guests scramble to pose for pictures and excitedly exchange names, workmen walk away with last-minute deliverables, the glee of the evening Walked in and Bollywood’s favorite designer Manish Malhotra darted in and out with Parineeti’s outfit for the occasion before formally joining the party.
For paparazzi waiting for hordes of Bollywood and political personalities, the action started only after dusk in this quiet part of Lutyens’ Delhi, across the road from the Taj Mahal hotel. Earlier in the evening, both the families kept it a simple affair which was for loved ones and close friends.
Priyanka, who was with her sister at The Lodhi hotel after flying in from Mumbai in the morning, zipped out of her car showing the victory sign.
Prior to his arrival, Chadha’s seniors in the Rajya Sabha, both representing West Bengal in the Upper House – Supreme Court lawyer and Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, also with wife, Ghazal and Sufi singer Anita Singhvi and Derek O’Brien, With Dr. Tonuka Basu — came inside and happily posed for the photographers. Singhvi, who also showed the paper bag in which he was carrying gifts for a couple.
Then came the political heavyweights – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with his trademark yellow turban and ever-ready smile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Uddhav Thackeray’s son, Aaditya Thackeray, and former finance minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, P. Chidambaram, appearing live on TV after the party’s victory in Karnataka.
On a day when the Karnataka election results occupied the nation’s mind, these politicians were taking a well-deserved break, though, undoubtedly, their conversation would have been about the changing political narrative.











