Over the past few months, Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan’s marriage has come under scrutiny. Reports of her separation from husband Nikhil Jain have been doing the rounds for some time now. The Bengali actress was also linked to her SOS Kolkata co-star Yash Dasgupta on several occasions, who was cited as the reason behind the trouble in her marriage. What followed next were Nusrat’s pregnancy rumours. All this while, the actress refrained from commenting on the reports. Finally, she has released a statement stating that she doesn’t need to seek a divorce as her marriage with Nikhil was never valid under Indian law. She also clarified that the separation happened long ago.
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According to a Times Of India report, her statement reads: “Being on foreign land, as per Turkish Marriage Regulation, the ceremony is invalid. Moreover, since it was an interfaith marriage, it requires validation under the Special Marriage Act in India, which did not happen. As per the court of law, it is not a Marriage, but a relationship or a live-in relationship. Thus, the question of divorce does not arise. Our separation happened long back, but I did not speak about it as I intended to keep my private life to myself. Thus, my actions must not be questioned based on “separation”, by the media or anybody I am not related to. The alleged marriage is not legal, valid and tenable; and thus, was not a marriage at all in the eye of law.”
After making her political debut and winning the Lok Sabha Elections in 2019, the actress tied the knot with her businessman beau in the city of Bodrum in Turkey followed by a grand reception in Kolkata.
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Nusrat further added, “The one who claims to be “rich” and “been used by me” has been taking money from my account by accessing my bank accounts illegally and by illegitimate means at odd-hours of the night, even post-separation. I have already taken this up with the concerned Banking Authority and a Police Complaint shall be filed shortly. Also, my belongings, including my Clothes, Bags and Accessories still remain with them. I am disheartened and disappointed to state that all my family jewellery, given to me by my parents, friends and extended family, including my own hard-earned assets, has been illegally held back by them.”
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Nusrat has been trolled time and again for marrying a Hindu man, and wearing sindoor and mehendi like a newly-wed during her oath-taking ceremony in the Lok Sabha. In the past few years, Nusrat’s secular views and choices in life have created waves and grabbed more attention than her professional life. The actress also received death threats for posing as Durga in one of the Durga Puja campaigns last year. Such instances are plenty and her recent statement on her marriage is an invitation to a barrage of trolls.
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Previously, on being linked to her co-star, she said, “The affairs of my private life are not for the public. People have always put me on trial. But this time, I am not going to comment. People can only judge me for my work as an actor and nothing else. Be it good, bad or ugly, it is my personal life and I am not going to share it with anyone.”
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The actress shared a picture on Instagram with a caption that read, “I won’t be remembered as a woman who can keep her mouth shut… and I’m ok with that.”
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