Actress Raveena Tandon has slammed former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Gowda wedding, which reportedly defied lockdown restrictions.Nikhil got married to Revathi at a farmhouse near Bidadi in Ramanagara district amid the lockdown. The farmhouse is three kilometres from Bidadi and 45km southwest of Bengaluru in the southern state. Taking to her Twitter Raveena wrote, “Ok. Obviously poor souls are not aware that many in the country not being able to reach their families and are going hungry,while the rest are trying to help others override this crisis.Wonder what was served in the buffet.”
The wedding saw more than 30 people in attendance and none of them were seen wearing masks. Nikhil Kumaraswamy married Revathi, the grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing M Krishnappa today at a farmhouse in Ramanagara, 50 km from Bengaluru.Since the nationwide lockdown is in place, weddings that are attended by a large gathering have been banned by the government fearing the further spread of the novel coronavirus. Prior to the wedding, HD Kumaraswamy said that he had obtained permission from the Karnataka government for the wedding. The government officials said, "If social distancing norms are not followed, action will be taken."