By Priyanka Rajpal | Updated: March 26, 2018 12:26 PM IST
The power of love is above all, and these leading Indian politicians help us prove the same with the instances of their romantic love stories. They did not care about the political career and social status but indulged in search of love with these better halves. Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh and journalist Amrita Rai’s love came as a surprise to us. Soon after confessing their love for each other in public, the two tied knot in September 2015.
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor had a sensational love affair with business woman Sunanda Pushkar which cost him his ministerial berth. Tharoor and Sunanda got married in his ancestral home in Kerala's Palakkad district in August 2010. However, this marriage was short-lived as Sunanda, 52, was found dead at The Leela Hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi in January 2014.
The oldest love story of any politician that we know is of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi. Rajiv first met Sonia Gandhi at a Greek restaurant at Cambridge University where he instantly fell for her. Rajiv used to call Sonia as ‘the most beautiful woman I know’. Antoni, the Greek restaurant owner once remarked, “I had never seen anybody so much in love. It was like in a book,".
Sachin fell in love with Sara Abdullah, daughter of former chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Farooq Abdulla, in London. After dating for several years, when they finally expressed their desire to tie the knot, they faced strong opposition from both the families. Amidst all the opposition and denials, Sachin Pilot and Sara Abdullah got married on 4 January, 2004 Delhi. The duo has two children together, Aaran and Vehan.
The love story of UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and his MP wife Dimple Yadav has once again proved how true this old age belief is. It was around 13 years back, Akhilesh fell for Dimple. While Dimple was studying humanities at Lucknow University at that time and he had just come back from Australia after studying marine engineering. They met, fell in love and rest as we say is history now.
Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra first time in an Italian home in Delhi. During those days, Robert, who was in the brassware and artificial jewellery business, frequently met Priyanka and used to gift her antic jewellery items. According to those who have followed the developments in their love story said, she was impressed when he proposed to her, as no one till then had shown the courage to come so close to her and actually come out with a proposal for marriage. Ultimately they got married in 1997 at 10 Janpath with very few friends and relatives.