Mexico: Padma Gadiyar of Udupi to represent India in Mrs Universal contest
Udupi, Feb 14: By winning the Mrs. South India Universal beauty pageant held at Brisbane in Australia in last October, Udupi-based dentist Padma Gadiyar (34) will represent India in the Mrs Universal beauty pageant contest to be held in Mexico in August.
Being the elder daughter to industrialist Arun Shenoy and Archana Shenoy of Thenkapete, Padma has been living in Brisbane in Australia with husband Sanay Gadiyar, basically from Mumbai, and children Sama (7) and Sharoon (4).
She has completed her primary education at Indrali, high school in Udupi St. Mary’s, PU education in MGM college and dental course in Yenepoya College in Mangaluru. In Brisbane, Sanay Gadiyar is working as doctor, while Padma is a dentist. Padma’s sister Sandhya and her husband are also living in Australia.
Total 10 contestants including Padma from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh participated in the contest held in Brisbane held in October 2018. Among them, Padma won the contest and selected for the Mrs Universe contest to be held in Mexico on August 20, 2019.
It is expected that more than 25 contestants will participate in the contest and she is the only contestant from India. Right from her childhood, Padma has dreamed of becoming a model. She has completed all preparations to win the Mrs Universe contest. A book ‘By Build Cell’ written on dental care by her will be released in March.
“More than a contest, it has given me a good experience. In my childhood, I have dreamed of becoming a model. Now after winning the contest, a number of ad agencies have contacted me. I have been getting complete support from my husband for all my endeavors. Reading and sports are my hobbies”.
- Padma Gadiyar, Mrs South India winner
“I am happy to see my daughter’s achievement. Parents like their children’s happiness. So, we will support all their happiness. It is our wish that she should win in the next contest”.
- Archana Shenoy, Padma Mother
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BJP will hold protest till money under Gruha Lakshmi scheme is disbursed: Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Wednesday said that the party would launch a protest against the non-disbursal of money under Gruha Lakshmi scheme for the months of February and March this year.
He also said that the party would request Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot not to give his assent to the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, which was cleared by both the houses – Legislative Assembly and Council, during the recently concluded winter session in Belagavi.
Speaking to reporters here, the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, said there were high expectations that the government would announce big schemes for the North Karnataka during the Belagavi session.
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However, instead of announcing packages for North Karnataka, funds were curtailed, he said.
"Gruha Lakshmi scheme money to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore for the months of February and March could not be given to the beneficiaries. The government had dodged it. The finance department had covered it up. Our question is whether there was no money in the previous fiscal and why the government hid it," Ashoka said.
Gruha Lakshmi scheme is one of the five pre-poll guarantees of the state government. It promises Rs 2,000 per month to the women head of the families belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS).
Ashoka said if the government had money then it would have disbursed it.
"We want to know whether the government wanted to cheat people by not giving money or it did not have money,' the BJP leader said.
He added that the BJP waited for three days for Woman and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar to respond during the assembly session as 1.26 crore families were anxiously waiting for the money.
"This is a big scam. Even today, the minister has not uttered a word on the Gruha Lakshmi money for the months of February and March. She has stopped coming to Bengaluru. Our question is whether that was part of the budget. If yes, then where has the money gone?" he sought to know.
Ashoka said, "The BJP will hold protests till the money is disbursed to the beneficiaries. We obtained details of eight to 10 districts. When we approached other districts, the ministers threatened the district authorities not to share details."
Regarding the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, he said it was passed in a hurry without any discussion in both the Houses.
"This was an important bill because it takes away people’s freedom of expression. The government, which brought the Emergency taking away the personal liberties of people and jailing opposition members, journalists and judges, is once again resorting to the same attempt," Ashoka alleged. He was apparently referring to Emergency imposed by the Congress government led by Indira Gandhi in 1975.
According to him, no one can draw cartoons or expose scams once the bill becomes a law.
"There is nothing to feel good about this bill. People will not be able to air their woes on civic problems, rising crime and corruption. It is very clear that the government is targeting the opposition in order to control it," he alleged.
The BJP leader said the party will approach Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on his return from Madhya Pradesh and explain to him how this law is going to affect people and create problems for freedom of expression.
"We will persuade the Governor not to sign this bill. This is the Congress party’s law to put the opposition in jail. We will tell him that there is nothing in it to benefit society," he added.
