India, April 13 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla kept a promise he made six years ago and performed rituals at the wedding ceremony of the daughter of a Pulwana martyr in Rajasthan's Kota. Birla performed the rituals that the brother or bride's mother usually performs at the wedding.

Birla, who represents Kota-Bundi constituency in Parliament, attended the wedding of Reena, 25, daughter of Pulwama attack martyr Hemraj Meena, at Kota's Sangod area.

Birla assumed the role of the brother of Reena's mother Madhubala and performed the ritual of 'mayra', a Hindu wedding tradition where the bride's uncle presents her mother with gifts on the occasion of her sister's wedding. He was also accompanied by State Energy Minister Heeralal Nagar at the w...