A controversy has erupted in Punjab’s Bathinda over a same-sex wedding solemnised in a gurdwara.
Rijiju said it is the government's duty to carry out due diligence on names recommended by the collegium and form opinions on a candidate and the government takes a call based on these inputs.
The measure to amend the states Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, 12 against and two abstentions, setting off cheers of Yes, we can! from supporters of the change.
The first same-sex marriages came about nine months after 64.1% of voters backed the Marriage for All law in a national referendum.
The ceremony was possibly the first same-sex wedding in Telangana.