Mangaluru : Jackfruit festival tickled taste buds
Mangaluru, July 15: Mangalurians have a special Sunday today to taste the taste jackfruit payasam, ice cream, bajji and other food items at a jackfruits festival organized by the Organic Farmers Consumers Forum at Balambhat Auditorium here.
The jackfruits festival is attracting people in large number since morning. Exhibition and sales of different varieties of jackfruits, food items made out of jackfruits, sales of saplings of fruits and flowers and decorative plants was also organized on the occasion. Fruits lovers tasted the different food items made out of jackfruits and enjoyed. Payasam made out of jackfruits seeds, ice creams, halva, holige, papad, podi, bajji, gatti and other items made from jackfruits attracted the people.
People also purchased different varieties of jackfruit like Tuluva, Barke, Rudrakshi, Chandra and others on the occasion.
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Kharge expresses regret over 'illiterate' remark, says he has highest of respect for Gujaratis
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New Delhi (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed regret over his controversial statement calling the people of Gujarat "illiterate", and said he has always had and will continue to have the highest of respect for the people of the state.
In a post on X, the Congress president said, "Some remarks of mine in a recent election speech in Kerala are being deliberately misinterpreted. Even so, I express my sincere regret.
"It was never my intention to hurt the sentiments of the people of Gujarat for whom I have always had and will continue to have the highest of respect."
Kharge on Sunday had sparked a row during his Assembly poll campaign in Kerala, calling the people of Gujarat "illiterate" and claiming they were being "fooled" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
At the same time, Kharge said neither Modi nor Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan could fool the people of Kerala, describing them as "very clever and educated".
"Don’t misguide the people of Kerala. They are very clever and educated. Modiji, Vijayan, you both can fool people who are illiterate in Gujarat or other places, but you cannot fool the people of Kerala," the Congress chief had said.
He made the remark while alleging that both Modi and Vijayan were following the same path, with no difference between them except the parties they lead.
The BJP on Tuesday had demanded an apology from Kharge for his remarks, saying that the comment was "shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable."
Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge's statement.
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