Patna, May 13: RJD leader Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav married Aishwarya Rai as opposition leaders gathered here on Saturday. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also arrived at the wedding to wish the couple.

Lalu Prasad arrived here on Thursday from Ranchi on parole for three days to attend the elder son’s marriage. But on Friday, the Ranchi High Court granted him six weeks bail.

More than 30,000 people were set to attend the event, and many had poured in from all across Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, RJD state President Ram Chander Purve said.

According to RJD leader Bhola Yadav, NCP leader Praful Patel, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, dissident BJP MPs Shatrughan Sinha and Kirti Azad and rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav had reached the city.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi, and some notable BJP leaders from Bihar were also expected to arrive, Bhola Yadav said.

Bihar’s popular ‘litti-chokha’, Amritsari kulcha, imarti, gulab jamun, karhai paneer and kulfi besides continental dishes will be served to the guests.

“There will be 200 items in the lavish dinner,” a staffer at Lalu Prasad’s residence said.  The marriage venue has been decorated with flowers from Thailand.

The venue is a sprawling veterinary college ground, spread over 9,000 square metres, RJD leader Shakti Yadav said.

All of Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi’s seven daughters are married. The younger son, Tejashwi Yadav, a former deputy chief minister, is also single yet.

“Laluji is enjoying every moment with his family,” an insider said.

Lalu Prasad was jailed in December after conviction in the fodder scam.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi’s elevation as Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council has added more happiness to the Yadav family.

All family members were seen dancing during the ‘haldi’ rituals.

The former health minister of the state was seen dancing with younger brother and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a video clip which has gone viral.

The Yadav family’s joy has also doubled since Lalu Yadav got a three-day parole to attend his son’s marriage. Subsequently he was granted a six-week provisional bail by the Jharkhand High Court on medical grounds.

Lalu’s family assumes Aishwara’s arrival as a bride in its family as very lucky. Lalu got three-day parole, later on he was granted six-week provisional bail by Jharkhand High Court, Tejaswi Prasad and three other RJD leaders got sigh of relief in connection with CBI court notices and finally Rabri was promoted to Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council today that added more happiness to the family.

Aishwarya Rai is the granddaughter of former Bihar CM Daroga Prasad Rai.