CM Mohan Yadav family wedding news: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s younger son, Abhimanyu Yadav, got married at a mass wedding ceremony in Ujjain on Saturday, along with over 21 other couples.
The venue, which featured five ceremonial domes, a 40×100-foot stage, and 22 individual pavilions, accommodated nearly 25,000 guests. The scale of the wedding served inclusion rather than ostentation, with couples from different social and economic backgrounds participating as equals.
“Our beloved son, Dr Abhimanyu, and fortunate daughter-in-law, Dr Ishita, along with 21 newlywed couples, were united in holy matrimony in a grand collective wedding ceremony. On this auspicious occasion, which became a sacred confluence of Sanatan culture, social harmony, and equality, all of you showered the newlywed couples with your priceless blessings, love, and best wishes,” Chief Minister Yadav said.
Yoga guru Ramdev, who conducted the Vedic wedding rituals for all the couples, called Yadav “the first Chief Minister to present such an example”. He suggested the gesture could inspire influential families nationwide to reconsider wedding extravagance, potentially easing financial pressure on middle and lower-middle-class households.
A senior BJP leader who attended the wedding said the Yadav family have “turned what could have been a private affair into a powerful public statement on social harmony and cultural pride”.
The 22 couples took their vows together. In attendance were Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot, Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Durgadas Uike, Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar, and senior ministers from the Cabinet and several ruling party MLAs who sat alongside ordinary citizens.
Abhimanyu and Ishita arrived at one of the pre-wedding ceremonies in a bullock cart — a nod to Malwa’s rural heritage. The other grooms rode horses while the brides travelled in decorated carriages during the collective procession.
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CM Mohan Yadav also listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 128th edition of ‘Mann ki Baat’ from the wedding venue’s premises.
Governor Mangubhai Patel praised the Chief Minister for “demonstrating social harmony in practice”.
