Friends present ‘petrol’ to Tamil Nadu groom as wedding gift
As fuel prices continue to soar across the country, a newly-wed couple in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore was presented with a can of five litres of petrol as a wedding gift.
Elanchezian and Kanimozhi got married on Sunday in Cuddalore district’s Kumaratchi. The young man and his newly wedded wife were greeting guests at a marriage hall when his friends trooped in and gave him the petrol in a five litre can as a gift. Amid laughter all around, the man received it, and thanked his friends, a video clip telecast by a local TV channel showed.
Later, the friends used the fuel to fill the tank of the new bike that had been presented to the groom.
The event witnessed the presence of students of the Government Nandanam Arts College in Chennai. One of the students, Prabhu, gifted a can filled with 5 litres of petrol to the couple.
He told Express that the present was an attempt to create awareness among public about the record hike in fuel prices in the country. “Fuel prices are rising steeply across the country. So, some of Elanchezhian’s friends including me decided to present the couple with petrol and alert the people about the valuable product,” he said.
Upon receiving the gift, the couple, along with people present at the wedding hall, was surprised. Later, the friends filled the new bike that had been presented to the groom with the fuel.
