Kallakurichi MLA Prabhu

Tamil Nadu: Kallakurichi MLA’s secret love marriage is in storm

A Prabhu (35) is the ruling MLA party from Kallakurichi and resides in Thiyagadurugam. He married S Soundarya, 19, from the same town early Monday morning at an event at his home.

The Kallakurichi MLA unleashed a storm on Monday by marrying his “lover” in his home. The bride’s father attempted suicide in front of the Legislature’s home, claiming that his daughter had been kidnapped. The couple later came out and stated that they were in love and that they were getting married of their own accord.

A Prabhu (35) is the ruling MLA party from Kallakurichi and a resident of Thiyagadurugam. He married S Soundarya, 19, from the same town early Monday morning at an event at his home. When the girl’s father, S. Saminathan, 48, heard of the matter, he rushed to the legislature’s house and attempted suicide. The police that arrived on site stopped him.

Saminathan was later taken to the train station and booked on 309 IPC for trying to commit suicide. On Sunday evening, Saminathan posted a video on social media claiming that his older daughter, who was a sophomore at a private art school in Tiruchengode, had been kidnapped by Prabhu.

He is said to have received telephone threats from supporters of Prabhu asking him not to report the matter to the police. However, on Monday the couple posted a video confirming they had been in a relationship for the past four years. Prabhu claimed to have spoken to Soundarya’s parents about their marriage. Since they did not agree to the proposal, Soundarya left home.

The ruling AIADMK MLA from the Kallakurichi constituency, A. Prabhu, married the student S. Soundarya on Monday, despite strong opposition from the girl’s side.

The love story of 36-years old Dalit lawmaker come into a cinematic climax when he married his 19-years old sweetheart from a Brahmin family.

The ruling AIADMK MLA from Thiyagadurg in the Kallakuruchi constituency, A. Prabhu, married the student S. Soundarya on Monday, although the girl offered strong resistance.

The angry girl’s father, S. Swaminathan, a local temple priest, alleged that his daughter had been kidnapped. He also posted a heartbreaking video about the release of their daughter from Prabhu’s custody. Swaminathan continued to threaten self-immolation. Apparently, the district police registered a case against him for attempted suicide.

Swaminathan’s daughter Soundarya (19 years old) was a sophomore at Thiruchengodu College.

Swaminathan has also filed a habeas corpus petition to save her daughter from the alleged kidnappers.

The wedding took place in Prabhu’s residence after Soundarya is said to have left her parents’ home.

Prabhu’s parents also come from the ruling party.

Later he denied rumors that he kidnapped Soundarya and forcibly married her. Prabhu also denied threatening her parents.

Prabhu said that he and Soundarya have been in love for the past few months.

According to him, his family had officially asked Swaminathan for approval for the wedding. However, Swaminathan refused the proposal.

Prabhu said that he married her with the graces of his own parents.

A. Prabhu is the first AIADMK lawmaker to support Mr. Dhinakaran since last year disqualifying 18 MLAs.

In a development that shook the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), her Kallakurichi MLA, A. Prabhu switched allegiance to the camp led by dissident leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Friday.

Mr. Prabhu is the first AIADMK lawmaker to support Mr. Dhinakaran since last year disqualifying 18 MLAs who support him. He met Mr. Dhinakaran at his residence here on Friday and presented him with a bouquet of flowers. The exploitation came before the dissident’s offered the tour of Villupuram district that includes the Kallakurichi constituency.

The leader who is close to Mr Dhinakaran said, “With the Madras High Court ruling on the legality of the Parliament’s Speaker conclusion to indispose the 18 MLAs expected very soon, more are likely to be added.”

The MLAs from Aranthangi and Vriddhachalam already support Mr. Dhinakaran, as does S. Karunaas, won with an AIADMK ticket, from Mukkolathor Pulippadai.

Woman who married AIADMK MLA was not kidnapped, says Madras High Court

Although Kallakurichi MLA A. Prabhu and his wife Soundarya said it was not coercion, his father filed a petition with the Supreme Court.

New Delhi: The Madras Supreme Court on Friday allowed AIADMK MLA of Kallakurichi A. Prabhu to go with his wife Soundarya, saying that the latter’s father’s claim that she was “abducted” is incorrect.

The 19-year-old woman is an adult and has willingly made up her mind to marry the 35-year-old lawmaker, according to The News Minute.

Earlier this week, Soundarya’s father Swaminathan alleged that his daughter had been “kidnapped” and that he had received death threats from the ruling party. Swaminathan had claimed that his objection to the couple’s marriage was not due to Prabhu’s caste but to the age difference: Soundarya is 19 years old and Prabhu is 35 years old.

According to The News Minute, Soundarya came to court with her husband on Friday, telling the bank of Justices M.M. Sundaresh and Krishnakumar that no one forced them to marry. She told the court that she and Prabhu are in love and have voluntarily decided to get married.

The court ruled in favor of the couple, saying that since Soundarya is an adult, it was “her turn to take a call to proceed with her husband” and closed the case.

The couple was married on Monday morning when Swaminathan arrived at Prabhu’s house and threatened to burn himself in protest, according to a report on News Minute He poured flammable liquid over himself and said Soundarya had been kidnapped by the MLA.

The police blocked him and an FIR was filed against Swaminathan, a temple priest by profession, for trying to die by suicide.

A New Indian Express report said Swaminathan had received threats from supporters of the ruling party’s MLA asking him not to report the incident to the police.

The TNM report cited local reports in which Swaminathan claimed Prabhu had been a family friend for 15 years and had been in a relationship with his daughter for the past four years since he was a minor.

However, Prabhu denied the claim. He and his wife posted a video in which Prabhu said the couple had only been in a relationship for four months. He also denied claims that he abducted Soundarya, adding that they refused when he turned to his wife’s family for permission to marry them.

In a separate video, Soundarya said she was neither kidnapped nor threatened to participate in the marriage.

S Soundarya, wife of MP #AIADMK from Kallakurichi, says she was neither jeopardized nor kidnapped by legislature. “I married him on my own. The wedding happened with my permission,” she says in the video.

His father alleged that Prabhu had kidnapped Soundarya.

The practice of filing kidnapping or abduction cases when an inter-caste couple marries against the will of the family is considered a pressure tactic. In 2013, the Center informed the Supreme Court that it was against filing an FIR in such cases before taking the woman’s point of view.

Note: This article was first published on this webesite October 9, 2020 and was updated on nov 1, 2020 to include details of the Madras Supreme Court decision.