The wedding video of a couple from Madhya Pradesh became a breeding ground for trolls when racist and misogynistic comments were made due to the difference in their skin colour. The couple had been dating for 11 years and got married last month. Their vibrant wedding photos and video captured the couple participating in traditional rituals and posing in elaborate attire.

However, when he posted these moments on social media, congratulatory messages were mixed with “jokes and memes” as trolls mocked and criticized him. “People were making jokes and memes and it felt very wrong,” groom Rishabh Rajput was quoted as saying by the BBC.

“People were making jokes and memes and it felt very wrong. “This was our moment and we had waited for it for years. It was supposed to be a happy moment, but when I saw people’s reactions, I was really shocked,” he added.

The bride also became the target of online abuse, with many commentators saying she married him “for his money”. “You think – are people perceiving us this way? “It irritates me when they say nasty things about him or call me Sonali Chowksey,” said bride Sonali Chowksey.

Later in a post on Instagram, the groom released a statement saying: “Sorry to disappoint you. I am not a government employee, but I work hard for my family and want to give them a good, respectable life.

” ”From college till today, she has stood by me in every good and bad moment. “People’s negative opinions don’t matter to me,” he wrote.