In the current scenario, with the widespread protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country, people are finding innovative ways to voice out their opinions. 

In one such instance, a couple from Kerala has become the talk of the town because of their unique way of protesting against the CAA and NRC.

As per the news reports, Arun Gopi and Asha Shekar, a CPM politician and a former journalist respectively, are getting married in January, 2020; however, they couldn't afford to keep calm about the ongoing protests in the country.

Their pre-wedding shoot was held on December 16, which was coincidentally a day after the police lathi-charged students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University.

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Ditching the cliched pre-wedding photoshoot, they utilised this opportunity to launch their protest against the CAA and NRC, as per the reports.

In one photo in a series of four, the bride and groom held placards that read, "No CAA" and "No NRC". The photo, ever since made available online, is doing the rounds on the internet.

Here are the images from their photoshoot.

© Facebook First Look Photography

© Facebook First Look Photography

In an interview with a media outlet edexlive.com, Asha said, "Right from the beginning, we were pretty adamant to not do a clichéd photo shoot."

"My fiancee is a left activist and I'm a former journalist. We both are against CAA and NRC. So we thought of going ahead with this concept. The photographers helped us a lot creatively too," she added.

© Facebook First Look Photography

The couple received mixed reactions for their act on the social media. While some appreciated this, others poured hatred.

"I've seen comments of people warning each other to be careful of us. I also heard that the photographer had received a threat. However, we'll resist it all. We won't back down," Arun was quoted by the media outlet.

Check out some of the reactions here:

A pre wedding shoot Pic from Kerala.

Via : First Look photography#CAA_NRC_Protests pic.twitter.com/DxUwL2kX8b

— Advaid (@Advaidism) December 21, 2019

Great idea. Whn couple wl see back, they wl b proud of being participants in historical protest in der own way ðð

— Vidrohi (@Vidrohi_raja) December 21, 2019

Im not a fan of pre wedding photoshoot but i like this one. Awesome

— BAYANA RAMYA (@bayana_ramya) December 21, 2019

A Couple that Protests together stays together.

— | кнαи иσσиιÑи Ñιиgн | (@LeoKing098) December 21, 2019

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Their kids would be feel proud of them whenever history is remembered.

Congratulations ðð

— NO CAB/NO NRC (@appaism) December 21, 2019

While every couple wants their pre-wedding shoot to be unique, this couple surely made a statement in their own way.

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