BJP leader’s son marries Pakistani girl online

Indian ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party’s leader Tehseen Shahid’s son got married to a Pakistani girl through an online Nikkah.

Mohammad Abbas Haider, the son of the Uttar Pradesh leader of India’s ruling party, fell in love with a Pakistani girl, Andaleeb Zahra, from Lahore. The wedding was attended by local BJP leaders, including Brijesh Singh Parshu, an elected member of parliament from Jaunpur.

The wedding caught the attention of both sides of the border.

The Nikkah was performed over a video call since visa restrictions remain tight amid ongoing tensions between the countries. The boy’s side was in Jaipur, Uttar Pradesh, and the girl’s side was in Lahore.

Tahseen Shahid is a resident of Jaunpur’s Makhdoom Shah Adahan and is associated with BJP as a party’s corporator. He decided to marry his elder son with a relative’s daughter a year ago.

Apart from not being granted the visa, the Indian Express reports that the girl’s mother, Rana Yasmeen Zaidi’s health, deteriorated as the wedding approached, and she was admitted to a hospital in Lahore.

Tahseen Shahid, after discussing this with his sister in Lahore, decided to have the nikkah via video call. He, along with hundreds of baristas, arrived at the Imambargah and got married online in front of everyone on the TV screen.

Religious scholar Maulana Mahfouz-ul-Hasan Khan recited Nikah verses. He even explained that a girl’s permission is necessary in Islam. In such a case she must give permission to a cleric either online or offline, then scholars from both sides can sit together and perform Nikah.