Popular Telugu actress of yesteryear Geetanjali no more
Hyderabad: Popular Telugu actress of yesteryear Geetanjali, who is remembered for her role as Goddess Sita in 'Sitarama Kalyanam', passed away here following a massive cardiac arrest.
She was 74.
Geetanjali died of a massive cardiac arrest late on Wednesday night at home, according to family members. She was taken to a private super-speciality hospital and hospital sources said she was brought dead.
Condoling her death, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said Geetanjali's role as Goddess Sita in 'Sitarama Kalynam' (a film made by late N T Rama Rao) would be remembered forever.
Several Telugu actors and also the Telugu Movie Artists Association condoled the death the Geetanjali.
Geetanjali acted in about 500 films and some of her other memorable films include 'Doctor Chakravarti', 'Letha Manasulu' and 'Sambarala Rambabu'.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
