Doesn’t it suck when you’re chilling with your date and right-wing Hindu party volunteers try to convert you and marry you off? Hate it when that happens.
You might want to carry your vows if you're hoping to take your boyfriend or girlfriend out on Valentine's day in India.
According to multiple reports, Hindu nationalist political party Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha have issued several warnings to unmarried couples hoping to go out on Valentine's day -- which they term as a "foreign festival."
Couples seen celebrating will face several punishments, including being forcefully married off to each other.
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This may be hilarious but it isn't all jokes to the party, who have formed over 20 teams, which, in two days, start working in Delhi and the western Uttar Pradesh to spot, chase, and punish dating couples. The movement will last till Valentine's Day and smaller towns and cities in the region will also be policed.
The prime targets will be couples holding roses, sitting together in corners or hugging each other in public areas.
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In an interview with the Times of India, Hindu Mahasabha national president Chandra Prakash Kaushik said, "This year, the couples who claim to be in love will have to pass our marriage test."
"We are not against love, but if a couple is in love then they must get married. In case if the couples claim that they need time to think about marriage, we will tell them that if they are not certain, they should not belittle love by openly going around together. We will also inform their parents," he further told TOI.