Kerala MLA ties knot with IAS officer

Thiruvananthapuram, June 30

Congress MLA KS Sabarinathan today tied the knot with IAS officer Divya S Iyer at a temple in Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.

The marriage between Sabarinathan, an engineering graduate, and Sub-Collector Divya, a medical doctor, has hit headlines since its announcement as a politician-bureaucrat wedding is considered a first in the state.

Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and MLAs KC Joseph and VD Satheesan also arrived at Kumarakovil, the famed Lord Muruga temple, to extend their blessings to the young couple.

The 33-year-old MLA, who represents Aruvikkara constituency in Kerala, had announced the marriage through his Facebook page last month. Son of the late Congress leader and Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan, Sabarinathan, who was with Tata Sons in Mumbai for seven years, took the political plunge following the demise of his father in 2015.

He became the youngest MLA in the Assembly in 2015. He retained the seat in the May 2016 Assembly polls with an impressive margin.

Divya, 32, who did her MBBS from Vellore Medical College, worked as an Assistant Collector at Kottayam before moving to her home district here. — PTI