Scottish politician Martyn Day married his long-time Kerala-born partner, Nidhin Chand, in a traditional ceremony at the famed Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala, fulfilling the bride’s long-cherished wish to get married at the shrine.
During her PhD, the UK government introduced major changes to its immigration policies, cancelling visas for thousands of international students, including Nidhin. However, instead of moving back, she actively lobbied the UK Parliament and represented the concerns of Indian students before Parliament. That was when she met the Scottish minister. Initially, their interactions were purely formal, but they later developed into a relationship. He has a long-standing record of representing the Linlithgow area at both local and national levels. Before serving three terms as a Westminster MP for nine years, he worked as a retail banker and a local councillor.
Nidhin and Day met in the UK in 2008, when she had gone to the country on a student visa to pursue a Master’s degree in IT Management. The couple had earlier got married in the UK, but Nidhin’s wish to hold the ceremony at Guruvayur was delayed for various reasons, including the floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, they said, according to PTI. Day, 55, is a former Member of the UK Parliament representing the Scottish National Party (SNP). He was first elected to West Lothian Council in 1999 before entering the UK House of Commons in 2015 as MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk, according to NDTV.
He currently chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for India in the Scottish Parliament, according to Manorama.
