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Finally, wedding bells to ring for Kerala's woman minister
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11
Seven years after
being engaged to her childhood friend Anil Kumar, P.K. Jayalekshmi, the
lone woman minister in Kerrala's Congress-led United Democratic Front
government, is finally set to tie the knot on May 10.
Despite
their marriage being fixed seven years ago, the special day kept
lingering all these years for various reasons. Now, the parents of the
prospective bride and groom, have decided there would be no more
dilly-dallying.
So, why the delay? An aide said Jayalekshmi is
one person who hardly speaks and given this, her family members too hold
their counsel.
“I have been with her since she became a minister
and her calmness and quietness has always baffled me, because I have
seen lot of women politicians. Forget her getting angry, I am yet to
even hear her raise her voice," the aide told IANS, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
"Her prospective groom is a relative of
hers and they have known each other since childhood. In the past four
years, I have not even seen him. She is yet to invite us, but we are
all sure she will surely invite us for the marriage,†the aide added.
Jayalekshmi,
the minister for welfare of scheduled tribe, youth affairs and museum
and zoos, had created history four years ago at 29 years of age by
becoming the first person from the tribal community to be inducted. This
was after she won her debut election from the reserved Manathavady
assembly constituency in Wayanad district.
Belonging to the Kurichiya tribe, Jayalekshmi is a graduate with a diploma in computers. Her fiance is a farmer.
The
wedding ceremony will be held at Manathavady town, 56o km from here and
will be attended by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his cabinet
colleagues.