Polls take a toll on weddings

NEW DELHI - Some weddings in Madhya Pradesh are going for a toss, thanks to the elections. Government servants are putting off the weddings of their children as they have to report for poll duty and cannot go on leave.

‘Polling will take place in our state April 23 and 30, so I am now looking for some other auspicious date,’ said an employee of the state irrigation department whose elder daughter’s wedding was to be held April 24.

Rued an official in the state secretariat: ‘Elections are important but there should be some relaxation for those who have social commitments on hand. My daughter’s marriage has been fixed for April 28 but I am not being spared from poll duty despite repeated requests to the collector.

‘On the other hand, the groom’s family is insisting on the same date. I am in a quandary.’