Sarees, sherwanis & statesmanship: Inside Mahua Moitra–Pinaki Misra wedding reception in Delhi; see photos | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Political bigwigs gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday evening to attend the wedding reception of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pinaki Misra. The reception, held at Hotel Lalit, followed the couple’s private wedding in Germany.Photographs from the event showed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi seated at a dinner table with Rajya Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan.Also in attendance were Samajwadi Party MP Virendra Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.Other leaders, including Supriya Sule of the NCP, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and DMK MP T Sumathy alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian, also offered their best wishes.Former Congress MP Danish Ali shared that the evening was marked by camaraderie and conversations, as he was seen mingling with leaders including Akhilesh Yadav, Revanth Reddy and Bhagwant Mann.Wedding in GermanyMahua Moitra, a two-time MP from West Bengal’s Krishnanagar, tied the knot with senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pinaki Misra in a private ceremony in Germany earlier this year. Born in Assam in 1974, Ms Moitra began her career as an investment banker before entering politics with the Trinamool Congress in 2010. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019 and re-elected in 2024. Mr Misra, born in 1959, is a veteran politician and senior advocate at the Supreme Court. An alumnus of Delhi’s St Stephen’s College and Delhi University, he began his political journey with the Congress Party, winning the Puri seat in 1996. He later joined the BJD and has since served multiple terms in Parliament.