TN woman stages dharna at lover's wedding, groom marries her
A 21-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu tried to stop a wedding in Vikravandi, insisting the groom, Gopalakrishnan, had promised to marry her. The girl, Archana, staged a dharna at the ceremony when his family asked her to leave. After the police got involved, Gopalakrishnan confessed to dating Archana and agreed to marry her, leaving his fiancée at the altar.
It takes guts to interrupt a wedding. But when the groom has been in love with you for the past six years, and he promised to have his happily-ever-after moment with you, it probably makes it just a bit easier.That's exactly why 21-year-old Archana tried to stop a wedding ceremony in Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district, and insisted that the groom - Gopalakrishnan - tie the knot with her instead, a report in the Tamil daily Thina Thanthi said.When Gopalakrishnan's family asked her to leave, she staged a dharna protest right there at the venue, the report added.It's already sounds like a script ripped out from a Kollywood screenwriter's notebook, but there's more.The Vikravandi police got involved, and Gopalakrishnan confessed to being in a relationship with Archana and agreed to marry her, the report said.Archana certainly got what she wanted, but spare a thought for the poor woman who was left at the altar so theatrically!As for Gopalakrishnan, all he seems to have suffered was a few hours of embarrassment. But some grooms in Bihar, who're kidnapped and forced to get married at gunpoint, aren't quite so lucky. ALSO READ|  Revolver Rani: Woman kidnaps groom from his wedding venue, was furious over betrayal