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Jaipur ‘princess’ and BJP MLA Diya Kumari has filed for divorce from Narendra Singh, 21 years after their marriage, reports News 18.
The divorce application was filed at Gandhi Nagar’s family court under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act. According to reports, the couple had been living separately for a few months, following which both of them decided to approach the court for a mutual separation.
“We jointly state that it is an extremely personal matter for us and hence we do not wish to comment further except, that we have jointly and mutually decided to part amicably,” Diya Kumari and Narendra Singh said in a joint statement on Sunday.
Singh, who belongs to a modest family, had married the Sawai Madhopur MLA in August 1997 after dating her for nine years. Their marriage had made other erstwhile royals and the Rajput community unhappy and furious because the two belonged to the same ‘gotra’.
Diya Kumari born 30 January 1971 is the princess of the Erstwhile Jaipur Royal Family. Diya Kumari has been personally groomed by her grandmother Rajmata Gayatri Devi. She’s rooted in reality and unspoilt by glamour. She is the custodian of a legacy and doing a job of a princess to keep the art and culture of the royal family of Jaipur alive .