Naresh Tewani, who lives in Jodhpur, is scheduled to marry Karachi-based Priya Bachchani in a month
Highlights
- Sushma Swaraj responded to the Jodhpur man in a tweet saying not to worry
- Indian embassy in Karachi has not sanctioned travel papers to the bride
- The family is worried India-Pakistan tension could delay the wedding
A desperate young man from Jodhpur, worried about being united with his bride, who lives in Pakistan, has pinged Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj for help.
And Ms Swaraj, well-acknowledged for helping Indians who seek assistance on Twitter, did not disappoint.
Naresh Tewani, who lives in Jodhpur, is scheduled to marry Priya Bachchani, who is based in Karachi, in a month. But he says the Indian embassy in Karachi has not sanctioned travel papers and visas for the bride and her party. So he tweeted the Foreign Minister.
"The minister has been quite responsive to tweets by people in trouble and they have received aid from her. Seeing her willingness to resolve the troubles of those in need, we have knocked on her twitter account," he said.
The family has been worried that the smouldering tension between India and Pakistan could deprive Mr Tewani of a happy ending to his love story, which was designed at least in part by his father.
"It was my long-cherished dream to have a Pakistani bride for my son since my visit to Pakistan in 2001, considering the resemblance in culture and traditions between the two countries," the patriarch explained.
Last week, India crossed the Line of Control to target terrorists in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. The action was seen as a response to September's attack by four Pakistani terrorists on an army camp in Uri in Kashmir, in which 19 soldiers were killed.