Re: [IAC#RG] “I am Narendra Modi’s Wife”

Dear Mr Nalapat,

Sir,

Nobody is better placed than you are to discuss this topic, which is certain to be used come election time.

From the material in public domain, it appears:-

- That the marriage took place in 1968 (source:Tehelka) when Groom was 18 yrs and Bride was 15 years (not 17 and 14 as is given by spin doctors) - making it perfectly valid under the Sharda Act not to mention HMA.

- They lived together for 3 years "till Modi slipped away quietly", and neither party wed again or divorced/separated from each other. So what seems very likely is that Narendra and Jashodaben are still husband and wife (in eyes of the law). This fact should be cleared up, at least in Narendra Modi's election affidavit along with his wife's asset declaration and jewelry statement. In fact somebody in Gujarat should file an RTI for this to office of CM for their assets declaration.

The question now is what will happen under DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL if Namo becomes Prime Minister and foreign VIPs come calling. and the wives have to make small talk and go shopping. Will we have yet another "son-in-law" like Ranjan Bhattacharya in No. 7 RCR ?

Sarbajit

On 7/28/13, Madhav Nalapat <mdnalapat@gmail.com> wrote:
> Modi was opposed to getting married but had to agree to the ceremony
> in view of parental fiat.But after obeying his parents,he showed his
> disagreement by leaving the pandal and straight away going off to the
> Himalayas for a lengthy pilgrimage,according to the Kamath-Randeri
> book.While Jasodaben needs to be viewed with sympathy,as she was
> apparently innocent of the knowledge that her spouse to be did not
> want to wed her or any other woman,the fact remains that no person can
> be forced to accept another as his or her spouse,and that such a
> person is within his or her rights in refusing to enter into conjugal
> relations.Modi has never married again,so he certainly cannot be
> accused of bigamy.Nor was there any ill-treatment or any false promise
> made by him.He wanted out and said so from the start.Is such
> persistence in holding on to one's views a crime? Can we forget
> Mahatma Gandhi,who said Pakistan would get formed only over his "dead
> body" ? Had the Mahatma held firm to such a resolve,history would have
> been different
>
> To some friends,it may be mentioned that Sarbajit has a right to be
> heard,and with courtesy,although our own views may differ from his
>
> regards
>
> Madhav