JAIPUR: Wedding garden owners and people related to the industry in Rajasthan are demanding to increase the number of guests that can be invited to weddings in the state.
At present, only 50 guests are allowed, due to which people have started switching to nearby states for destination weddings, causing losses to the state’s wedding industry.
The All Wedding Industries Federation members went to meet chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday to give him a memorandum of their demands. The OSD of CM, Devaram Saini, met them and listened to their demand of withdrawing the limit of 50 guests for weddings in the state and demanded to increase the number to 400 guests.
General secretary of the federation, Bhawani Singh said, “At present, there is a guideline of 50 guests for marriages in the state, due to which marriages and other events are not being held in the state, whereas in other states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh etc. the guideline states a limit of 200 to 400 guests. This is why people from Rajasthan are getting married in nearby states. This shifting of business of the state to other states, along with the loss of four lakh traders of Rajasthan’s wedding industry, the state government is also losing revenue. Hence, we are requesting for a change in the guidelines.”
The state government has unlocked the business of the entire state, has also opened schools, colleges, cinema halls in which hundreds of people gather, but 50 guests are still decided for weddings. Federation members said that many people are now vaccinated in the state, due to which the risk of Covid infection has also reduced. So, the government is being urged to eliminate the limit of 50 people and issue a guideline of 400 people so that marriage venues for weddings, tents, catering, confectionery, DJ sound etc. do not face any further losses.
