Delhi poll debacle leaves BJP chiefs glum at wedding of Amit Shah's son

By Darshan Desai

Published: 20:02 EST, 10 February 2015 | Updated: 20:02 EST, 10 February 2015

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) pathetic performance in the Delhi Assembly elections on Tuesday had a bearing on the wedding festivities of party president Amit Shah’s son Jay, in Ahmedabad.

The organisers cancelled the bridegroom’s procession up to the venue. 

Jay tied the knot with Rishita Patel at the sprawling YMCA International Centre. 

Amit Shah (extreme left) oversees the nuptial ceremony of his son Jay Shah and Rishita Patel

Amit Shah (extreme left) oversees the nuptial ceremony of his son Jay Shah and Rishita Patel

Many dignitaries, including Mukesh and Nita Ambani, attended the event

Many dignitaries, including Mukesh and Nita Ambani, attended the event

BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and other central ministers, including J.P. Nadda, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Ananth Kumar, attended the event. 

Sources close to Amit Shah said that the BJP’s stunning defeat in Delhi after Narendra Modi took over as the prime minister had its fall-out at the wedding. 

Just as news of the Aam Aadmi Party’s landslide victory trickled in, Rajnath Singh, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Rudy, Goyal and other BJP leaders went into a huddle in a room at the YMCA venue itself and reportedly discussed whether Shah should appear before the media with his comments. 

Most leaders, including the party chief, avoided giving any statement to the media persons who were not allowed inside. 

Spiritual gurus Baba  Ramdev and Bharti Bapu as well as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad  leaders like Suresh Soni, Ashok Singhal and Dharmendra Maharaj were present. 

Industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani attended with their wives Nita and Priti, respectively. 

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Reliance honcho and Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand Parimal Nathwani, former chairman of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai and other dignitaries were also there.