<p>Congress MLA K S Sabarinathan today tied the knot with IAS officer Divya S Iyer at a temple in Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu this morning.<br /><br />The low-key ceremony was attended by close relatives and friends of the bride and groom.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and MLAs K C Joseph and V D Satheesan also arrived at Kumarakovil, the famed Lord Muruga Temple, to extend their blessings to the young couple.<br /><br />The 33-year-old MLA, who represents Aruvikkara constituency, had announced the marriage through his facebook page last month.<br /><br />Son of 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.<br /><br />He had won the Aruvikkara bypoll and became the youngest MLA in the state Assembly in 2015.<br /><br />He later retained the seat in the May 2016 assembly polls with an impressive margin.<br /><br />Thirty two-year-old Divya, who did her MBBS from Vellore Medical College, worked as Assistant Collector at Kottayam before moving to her home district here. <br /></p>
<p>Congress MLA K S Sabarinathan today tied the knot with IAS officer Divya S Iyer at a temple in Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu this morning.<br /><br />The low-key ceremony was attended by close relatives and friends of the bride and groom.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and MLAs K C Joseph and V D Satheesan also arrived at Kumarakovil, the famed Lord Muruga Temple, to extend their blessings to the young couple.<br /><br />The 33-year-old MLA, who represents Aruvikkara constituency, had announced the marriage through his facebook page last month.<br /><br />Son of 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.<br /><br />He had won the Aruvikkara bypoll and became the youngest MLA in the state Assembly in 2015.<br /><br />He later retained the seat in the May 2016 assembly polls with an impressive margin.<br /><br />Thirty two-year-old Divya, who did her MBBS from Vellore Medical College, worked as Assistant Collector at Kottayam before moving to her home district here. <br /></p>