Bride and groom in UP cancel wedding for disagreement over PM Modi

The Asian Age With Agency Inputs

Life, Relationship

Everything was going smoothly until the topic of India's economic decline came up for which the girl blamed PM Modi.

This comes as one of many unusual reasons to call off weddings (Photo: AFP)

Marriages are said to made in heaven but sometimes all hell can break lose over unexpected reasons that end up breaking this bond even before it’s formed. Not long ago a woman changed her mind about tying the knot with a guy who thought doing the nagin dance at his wedding would be cool, and it’s just one among many such incidents.

In an unfortunate turn of events in Uttar Pradesh, a government employee and her to be husband decided to abandon plans of a marriage just because they had a disagreement over PM Narendra Modi. While heated arguments and trolling that can also lead to a volley of abuses is a common sight on the social media, cancelling a wedding over it seems to be taking things too far.

According to a leading daily, everything was reportedly going fine until the topic of economic slowdown in India came up during the conversation. The woman, a government employee blamed Modi for it, while the man refused to buy it since he is a Modi supporter.

Like many others around Modi’s policies, this argument too wasn’t going anywhere but the duo seemed to agree when it came to the decision to call off the wedding. While this isn’t the first time an unusual reason got a union cancelled, this one comes across as the most puzzling one.

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